Table 1 SIR for subsequent cancer in patients with hospitalised asthma during the follow-up time

From: Cancer risk in hospitalised asthma patients

 

Follow-up interval (years)

 

<1

1–4

5–9

⩾10

All

All 1+

Cancer site

O

SIR

95% CI

O

SIR

95% CI

O

SIR

95% CI

O

SIR

95% CI

O

SIR

95% CI

O

SIR

95% CI

Upper aerodigestive tract

20

1.77

(1.08, 2.73)

37

1.11

(0.78, 1.53)

36

1.26

(0.88, 1.74)

42

1.09

(0.79, 1.48)

135

1.21

(1.01, 1.43)

115

1.14

(0.94, 1.37)

Oesophagus

9

1.99

(0.90, 3.79)

29

2.14

(1.43, 3.08)

28

2.39

(1.59, 3.46)

19

1.20

(0.72, 1.88)

85

1.87

(1.49, 2.31)

76

1.85

(1.46, 2.32)

Stomach

49

2.41

(1.78, 3.18)

98

1.72

(1.40, 2.10)

44

0.96

(0.70, 1.30)

68

1.20

(0.94, 1.53)

259

1.44

(1.27, 1.63)

210

1.32

(1.15, 1.51)

Colon

98

2.34

(1.90, 2.85)

225

1.77

(1.55, 2.02)

170

1.54

(1.32, 1.79)

210

1.42

(1.24, 1.63)

703

1.65

(1.53, 1.77)

605

1.57

(1.45, 1.70)

Rectum

49

2.12

(1.57, 2.81)

82

1.18

(0.94, 1.47)

72

1.20

(0.94, 1.51)

108

1.33

(1.09, 1.61)

311

1.33

(1.19, 1.49)

262

1.24

(1.10, 1.40)

Liver

48

2.94

(2.17, 3.90)

89

1.88

(1.51, 2.31)

59

1.51

(1.15, 1.95)

49

0.99

(0.73, 1.31)

245

1.61

(1.41, 1.82)

197

1.45

(1.25, 1.67)

Pancreas

44

2.90

(2.10, 3.89)

58

1.31

(1.00, 1.70)

55

1.50

(1.13, 1.95)

66

1.40

(1.08, 1.78)

223

1.56

(1.36, 1.78)

179

1.40

(1.20, 1.62)

Lung

285

6.98

(6.19, 7.84)

294

2.41

(2.14, 2.70)

186

1.76

(1.52, 2.04)

170

1.20

(1.03, 1.40)

935

2.28

(2.14, 2.43)

650

1.76

(1.63, 1.90)

Breast

71

1.09

(0.85, 1.38)

221

1.05

(0.91, 1.20)

172

0.89

(0.76, 1.04)

297

1.07

(0.95, 1.20)

761

1.02

(0.95, 1.09)

690

1.01

(0.94, 1.09)

Cervix

11

1.79

(0.89, 3.21)

30

1.56

(1.05, 2.23)

20

1.18

(0.72, 1.83)

32

1.28

(0.87, 1.81)

93

1.38

(1.11, 1.69)

82

1.34

(1.07, 1.66)

Endometrium

18

1.18

(0.70, 1.87)

36

0.74

(0.52, 1.02)

30

0.68

(0.46, 0.98)

45

0.76

(0.55, 1.01)

129

0.77

(0.64, 0.92)

111

0.73

(0.60, 0.88)

Ovary

19

1.60

(0.96, 2.50)

38

1.02

(0.72, 1.40)

29

0.89

(0.60, 1.28)

38

0.87

(0.61, 1.19)

124

0.99

(0.82, 1.18)

105

0.92

(0.76, 1.12)

Prostate

178

2.12

(1.82, 2.45)

346

1.38

(1.24, 1.53)

265

1.19

(1.05, 1.35)

397

1.26

(1.14, 1.39)

1186

1.36

(1.29, 1.44)

1008

1.28

(1.20, 1.36)

Kidney

38

2.40

(1.70, 3.30)

71

1.55

(1.21, 1.95)

60

1.61

(1.23, 2.07)

38

0.79

(0.56, 1.08)

207

1.41

(1.22, 1.61)

169

1.29

(1.10, 1.50)

Urinary bladder

59

2.21

(1.68, 2.85)

117

1.47

(1.21, 1.76)

87

1.26

(1.01, 1.56)

113

1.21

(1.00, 1.45)

376

1.40

(1.26, 1.55)

317

1.31

(1.17, 1.46)

Melanoma

15

1.02

(0.57, 1.69)

30

0.63

(0.43, 0.90)

42

0.93

(0.67, 1.26)

65

0.89

(0.68, 1.13)

152

0.84

(0.71, 0.99)

137

0.83

(0.69, 0.98)

Skin, squamous cell

36

1.56

(1.09, 2.16)

92

1.28

(1.03, 1.57)

83

1.30

(1.04, 1.61)

116

1.32

(1.09, 1.59)

327

1.33

(1.19, 1.48)

291

1.30

(1.16, 1.46)

Nervous system

48

3.01

(2.22, 3.99)

57

1.13

(0.86, 1.47)

51

1.15

(0.85, 1.51)

66

1.08

(0.84, 1.38)

222

1.29

(1.13, 1.48)

174

1.12

(0.96, 1.30)

Endocrine glands

28

3.11

(2.07, 4.51)

33

1.18

(0.81, 1.67)

29

1.19

(0.79, 1.70)

37

1.07

(0.75, 1.47)

127

1.32

(1.10, 1.57

99

1.14

(0.92, 1.39)

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

42

1.87

(1.35, 2.53)

54

0.78

(0.58, 1.02)

47

0.77

(0.56, 1.02)

87

1.03

(0.82, 1.27)

230

0.97

(0.85, 1.10)

188

0.87

(0.75, 1.01)

Myeloma

13

1.65

(0.87, 2.82)

24

1.02

(0.65, 1.52)

21

1.05

(0.65, 1.60)

31

1.16

(0.79, 1.65)

89

1.14

(0.91, 1.40)

76

1.08

(0.85, 1.35)

Leukaemia

40

3.25

(2.32, 4.42)

56

1.51

(1.14, 1.96)

47

1.56

(1.15, 2.08)

45

1.24

(0.90, 1.65)

188

1.62

(1.40, 1.87)

148

1.43

(1.21, 1.68)

All

1264

2.40

(2.27, 2.54)

2205

1.38

(1.32, 1.44)

1700

1.21

(1.15, 1.27)

2252

1.16

(1.11, 1.21)

7421

1.36

(1.33, 1.39)

6157

1.24

(1.21, 1.28)

  1. CI=confidence interval; SIR=standardised incidence ratio.
  2. Bold values represent 95% CI that does not include 1.00. Underlined values represent 99% CI that does not include 1.00.
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