Table 4: Results for the main effect (full cohort) and effect modification (interaction) from the zero-inflated Poisson model for any morbidity (yes/no, zero-inflation model) and number of morbidities (count model) for adults with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) compared to matched adults without SMA (w/o SMA).

 

Zero-inflated model

Count model

 

OR (95% CI)

IRR (95% CI)

Full cohort*

 

 

Females

 

 

 SMA vs. w/o SMA

0.26 (0.20, 0.33)

2.11 (2.06, 2.16)

Males

 

 

 SMA vs. w/o SMA

0.16 (0.12, 0.22)

2.15 (2.10, 2.21)

Age interaction

 

 

Females

 

 

 SMA vs. w/o SMA

 

18-39 years

0.23 (0.16, 0.33)

3.33 (3.07, 3.60)

40-54 years

0.34 (0.23, 0.50)

3.00 (2.82, 3.20)

55-64 years

0.14 (0.06, 0.34)

2.24 (2.10, 2.38)

65-74 years

0.71 (0.46, 1.09)

2.00 (1.91, 2.09)

≥ 75 years

**

1.75 (1.67, 1.83)

Males

 

 

 SMA vs. w/o SMA

 

 18-39 years

0.14 (0.08, 0.22)

2.91 (2.61, 3.24)

40-54 years

0.20 (0.13, 0.30)

2.83 (2.66, 3.02)

55-64 years

0.23 (0.13, 0.41)

2.35 (2.23, 2.49)

65-74 years

0.37 (0.22, 0.61)

2.13 (2.04, 2.22)

≥ 75 years

**

1.72 (1.63, 1.81)

OR: Odds ratio; IRR: Incidence rate ratio; CI: Confidence interval. Age (continuous) was a covariate in the full cohort model; *Estimates are adjusted by age (continuous); **Too few with 0 morbidities to provide reasonable estimates. The zero-inflation model is a logistic regression model, predicting whether the individual had zero vs. non-zero (i.e.ΒΈ ≥ 1) morbidities. An OR < 1.00 indicates a lower likelihood of having zero morbidities. The count model is a Poisson regression model, predicting the number of morbidities among those with non-zero values.