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Table 5 Comparing the risks of opportunistic infection according to systemic rheumatic disease by Cox regression and competing risk regression models

From: Comparing the burdens of opportunistic infections among patients with systemic rheumatic diseases: a nationally representative cohort study

 

Cox regression

Competing risk regression

Crude HR

Adjusted HR

Crude sHR

Adjusted sHR

Opportunistic infections

 SLE

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

 PM/DM

1.38 (1.26–1.51)

1.18 (1.08–1.29)

1.22 (1.11–1.34)

1.17 (1.07–1.29)

 SSc

0.75 (0.67–0.85)

0.58 (0.51–0.65)

0.70 (0.62–0.78)

0.67 (0.59–0.75)

 RA

0.61 (1.26–1.51)

0.46 (0.44–0.48)

0.62 (0.59–0.65)

0.59 (0.57–0.62)

 pSS

0.57 (0.54–0.60)

0.42 (0.39–0.44)

0.58 (0.55–0.61)

0.56 (0.53–0.59)

Non-herpes zoster opportunistic infections

 SLE

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

 PM/DM

1.63 (1.41–1.89)

1.22 (1.05–1.42)

1.44 (1.24–1.68)

1.22 (1.05–1.43)

 SSc

0.83 (0.68–1.01)

0.55 (0.45–0.67)

0.77 (0.64–0.93)

0.65 (0.54–0.79)

 RA

0.50 (0.47–0.54)

0.33 (0.30–0.36)

0.51 (0.47–0.55)

0.45 (0.42–0.49)

 pSS

0.38 (0.34–0.42)

0.25 (0.22–0.28)

0.39 (0.34–0.43)

0.35 (0.31–0.39)

  1. HR hazard ratio, sHR subdistribution hazard ratio, SLE systemic lupus erythematosus, RA rheumatoid arthritis, pSS primary Sjögren’s syndrome, SSc systemic sclerosis, PM/DM polymyositis/dermatomyositis