If APC ≠ AAPC, it indicates different trends in the data set, and when AAPC >0 and 95% CI > 0, it indicates an increasing trend in the incidence rate during that period; when AAPC <0 and 95% CI ≤ 0, it indicates a decreasing trend in the incidence rate; if APC = AAPC, it indicates no joinpoints in the data set and an overall monotonic decreasing or increasing trend ( 28 ).
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Prevalence trends, population characteristics and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis combined with diabetes in Southwest China: a register-based retrospective study.
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Results From 2016 to 2022, the incidence rate of PTB in southwest China showed a decreasing trend (AAPC = -10.22, 95% CI: −11.49% ~ −8.94%), while the incidence rate of PTB-DM increased rapidly (AAPC = 14.25, 95% CI: 11.35% ~17.23%).