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Table 4 Unadjusted rates of incident* stroke by age and sex based on the presence/absence of diabetes and gout

From: Is gout a risk equivalent to diabetes for stroke and myocardial infarction? A retrospective claims database study

Group

Females

Males

Age groups (years)

No. of stroke events

Person-years

Incidence rate (/1000 PY)

No. of stroke events

Person-years

Incidence rate (/1000 PY)

Diabetes and gout

 ≤ 50

2

507.1

3.94

5

1681.4

2.97

 51–60

10

1444.4

6.92

25

2629.4

9.51

 61–65

17

1329.1

12.79

21

2094.0

10.03

 66–70

31

2960.7

10.47

47

4275.3

10.99

 71–75

64

2828.7

22.63

58

3392.6

17.10

 76–80

50

2412.2

20.73

40

2195.6

18.22

 > 80

82

2543.8

32.23

44

1633.0

26.94

Diabetes only, no gout

 ≤ 50

95

31,642.3

3.00

66

27,586.3

2.39

 51–60

230

37,988.2

6.05

123

29,100.9

4.23

 61–65

168

26,836.9

6.26

142

20,078.1

7.07

 66–70

295

43,522.1

6.78

235

32,805.9

7.16

 71–75

311

35,848.3

8.68

230

22,574.2

10.19

 76–80

348

28,436

12.24

189

14,887.7

12.70

  > 80

578

27,758.8

20.82

171

10,827.8

15.79

Gout only, no diabetes

  ≤ 50

4

1175.3

3.40

14

8647.9

1.62

 51–60

9

1964.2

4.58

29

7795.3

3.72

 61–65

14

2086.0

6.71

34

5772.2

5.89

 66–70

44

5705.1

7.71

110

14,624.7

7.52

 71–75

71

6019.3

11.80

117

11,595.8

10.09

 76–80

85

6172.5

13.77

132

8866.4

14.89

 > 80

247

9655.8

25.58

168

8324.6

20.18

No gout or diabetes

 ≤ 50

181

292,332.0

0.62

104

222,180.0

0.47

 51–60

235

120,045.0

1.96

121

75,642.6

1.60

 61–65

197

75,185.7

2.62

114

42,652.2

2.67

 66–70

443

136,150.0

3.25

303

78,992.1

3.84

 71–75

549

114,537.0

4.79

326

61,136.1

5.33

 76–80

737

100,637.0

7.32

356

46,603.7

7.64

 > 80

1581

138,276.0

11.43

479

44,873.5

10.67

  1. PY Person-years
  2. *Baseline International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, codes of 410, 412, 430–438, 428.xx, and 429.2X were removed to find incident stoke rates