Follow-up | Nonasthmatic cohort | Asthma cohort | IRR (95% CI) | Adjusted HR¶ (95% CI) | ||||
Pulmonary embolism | Person-years | Rate# | Pulmonary embolism | Person-years | Rate# | |||
≤5 years | 18 | 560 371 | 3.21 | 16 | 140 209 | 11.4 | 3.55 (3.40–3.71)*** | 3.38 (1.70–6.74)*** |
>5 years | 5 | 183 003 | 2.73 | 3 | 45 973 | 6.53 | 2.39 (2.26–2.53)*** | 2.43 (0.57–10.4) |
Data are presented as n, unless otherwise stated. #: incidence rate per 100 000 person-years; ¶: multivariable analysis including age, sex and comorbidities. ***: p<0.001.