Table 3 Risk of all-cause mortality according to dose of post diagnosis aspirin or NSAIDs use

From: Aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and colorectal cancer survival: a cohort study

  

Age adjusted

Multivariate a

Drug type

Exposure

HR

(95% CI)

HR

(95% CI)

Aspirin

Unexposed

1

 

1

 
 

Prophylaxis dose

0.91

(0.84, 0.98)

0.94

(0.86, 1.02)

 

High dose

1.10

(0.95, 1.27)

1.13

(0.97, 1.32)

NSAIDs

Unexposed

1

 

1

 
 

Low dose

0.94

(0.87, 1.01)

0.96

(0.89, 1.04)

 

High dose

1.42

(1.29, 1.57)

1.41

(1.26, 1.56)

  1. Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; HR=hazard ratio.
  2. aAdjusted for: age, gender, smoking, BMI, alcohol use and comorbidity (Charlson index).
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