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Table 2 Age-adjusted Incidence Rate Ratios (IRR) with 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) for tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy (A/T) among children aged 2–9 years.

From: Variability of adenoidectomy/tonsillectomy rates among children of the Veneto Region, Italy

 

IRR

(95% CI)

Males vs females

1.29

(1.25–1.33)

Non-Italian vs Italian children

0.57

(0.53–0.61)

A/T rates (×1000) in each LHU, age class 10–40 yrs

1.51

(1.22–1.86)

  1. LHU-level variance = 0.048.
  2. Random-intercept Poisson regression; clustering variable = Local Health Unit (LHU).