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Table 3 Hospitalizations in all age groups (poisson regression used to test significance between rates of hospitalizations in different age groups)

From: Spectrum (characteristics) of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with increasing age in a major metropolitan renal service

Age group

Follow-up years

No. of hospitalizations

Rate of hospitalization per 100 person years

Incidence rate ratio

p value

<35y

151

97

64.2

1.0

Reference

35-44y

135.6

79

58.2

0.9

<0.001

45-54y

177.0

171

96.6

1.7

<0.001

55-64y

252.9

262

103.6

1.8

<0.001

65-74y

523.3

394

75.3

1.3

<0.001

75-84y

507.2

632

124.6

2.2

<0.001

85 + y

108.7

97

89.2

1.6

<0.001

Total

1856.1

1732

93.3

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