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Table 2 Diabetes incidence rates (IR) and incidence rate ratios (IRR)

From: Hurricanes Irma and Maria and Diabetes incidence in Puerto Rico

 

Pre-hurricanes Rate

N = 968

(95% CI)

Spanning hurricanes Rate

N = 360

(95% CI)

Comparison (95% CI)

IR

2.15 (1.67, 2.76)

6.71 (4.99, 9.02)

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Crude IRR

  

3.12 (2.07, 4.68)

IRR adjusted for within person repeated measures* (N = 968)

  

1.99 (1.40, 2.83)

IRR adjusted for BMI and age*

(N = 952)

  

2.12 (1.45, 3.11)

  1. *Using GEE model.
  2. Diabetes was defined as having an HbA1c ≥ 6.5%.
  3. Time period: pre-hurricanes (2014–2016) and spanning the hurricanes (2019–2020).
  4. CI = confidence interval.