AMI or CHD death per 1000 patient-years by sex and age categories at baseline with 95% CIs estimated by exact Poisson confidence limits
| AMI or CHD death, primary diagnosis | All | Men | Women | |||
| Type 2 diabetes | Controls | Type 2 diabetes | Controls | Type 2 diabetes | Controls | |
| All | ||||||
| n | 431 579 | 2 173 620 | 234 556 | 1 170 663 | 197 023 | 1 002 957 |
| n (%) | 36 124 (8.4) | 115 172 (5.3) | 21 343 (9.1) | 71 180 (6.1) | 14 781 (7.5) | 43 992 (4.4) |
| Cases per 1000 person-years (95% CI) | 14.64 (14.49 to 14.79) | 8.73 (8.68 to 8.78) | 16.12 (15.90 to 16.34) | 10.03 (9.96 to 10.10) | 12.93 (12.72 to 13.14) | 7.22 (7.15 to 7.29) |
| IRR (95% CI) | 1.68 (1.66 to 1.70) | 1.61 (1.58 to 1.63) | 1.79 (1.76 to 1.82) | |||
| <55 years | ||||||
| n | 84 782 | 432 693 | 50 655 | 260 421 | 34 127 | 172 272 |
| n (%) | 2448 (2.9) | 4512 (1.0) | 1852 (3.7) | 3838 (1.5) | 596 (1.7) | 674 (0.4) |
| Cases per 1000 person-years (95% CI) | 4.68 (4.50 to 4.87) | 1.65 (1.60 to 1.70) | 5.96 (5.70 to 6.24) | 2.33 (2.26 to 2.41) | 2.81 (2.59 to 3.04) | 0.62 (0.57 to 0.67) |
| IRR (95% CI) | 2.84 (2.70 to 2.98) | 2.56 (2.42 to 2.70) | 4.55 (4.07 to 5.08) | |||
| 55–64 years | ||||||
| n | 116 802 | 610 925 | 70 440 | 373 021 | 46 362 | 237 904 |
| n (%) | 6472 (5.5) | 17 730 (2.9) | 4777 (6.8) | 14 492 (3.9) | 1695 (3.7) | 3238 (1.4) |
| Cases per 1000 person-years (95% CI) | 8.92 (8.70 to 9.13) | 4.49 (4.43 to 4.56) | 11.04 (10.73 to 11.36) | 6.07 (5.97 to 6.17) | 5.78 (5.51 to 6.06) | 2.08 (2.01 to 2.15) |
| IRR (95% CI) | 1.98 (1.93 to 2.04) | 1.82 (1.76 to 1.88) | 2.78 (2.62 to 2.95) | |||
| 65–74 years | ||||||
| n | 123 969 | 630 801 | 67 270 | 338 121 | 56 699 | 292 680 |
| n (%) | 10 834 (8.7) | 34 155 (5.4) | 6813 (10.1) | 23 775 (7.0) | 4021 (7.1) | 10 380 (3.5) |
| Cases per 1000 person-years (95% CI) | 15.25 (14.96 to 15.54) | 8.80 (8.71 to 8.89) | 18.40 (17.96 to 18.84) | 11.73 (11.58 to 11.88) | 11.82 (11.46 to 12.20) | 5.60 (5.49 to 5.71) |
| IRR (95% CI) | 1.73 (1.70 to 1.77) | 1.57 (1.53 to 1.61) | 2.11 (2.04 to 2.19) | |||
| 75+ years | ||||||
| n | 106 026 | 499 201 | 46 191 | 199 100 | 59 835 | 300 101 |
| n (%) | 16 370 (15.4) | 58 775 (11.8) | 7901 (17.1) | 29 075 (14.6) | 8469 (14.2) | 29 700 (9.9) |
| Cases per 1000 person-years (95% CI) | 32.20 (31.71 to 32.70) | 22.41 (22.23 to 22.59) | 37.51 (36.69 to 38.35) | 28.08 (27.75 to 28.40) | 28.45 (27.84 to 29.06) | 18.72 (18.50 to 18.93) |
| IRR (95% CI) | 1.44 (1.41 to 1.46) | 1.34 (1.30 to 1.37) | 1.52 (1.48 to 1.56) | |||
AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CHD, coronary heart disease; IRR, incidence rate ratio.