Table 3 Mortality, MRR, and interaction contrasts for patients with non-metastatic CRC compared with persons in a matched population-based comparison cohort, by CCI scores

From: Does comorbidity interact with colorectal cancer to increase mortality? A nationwide population-based cohort study

CCI score

Cohort

No. of persons

No. of deaths

Person-years

Standardised mortality rates per 1000 person-years (95% CI)

Adjusted MRRs a (95% CI)

Interaction contrast (95% CI)

Proportion of the mortality explained by interaction

0–1 Year of follow-up

0

CRC

23 428

3211

21 405

177

(171, 183)

7.5 (7.1, 7.9)

Ref.

0

Comparison

115 423

2382

114 121

26

(25, 27)

Ref.

1

CRC

6420

1407

5448

241

(228, 254)

4.7 (4.4, 5.1)

40

(26, 55)

17%

1

Comparison

31 049

1728

30 161

49

(47, 52)

Ref.

2–3

CRC

6004

1481

4983

288

(251, 326)

3.1 (2.9, 3.3)

52

(14, 90)

18%

2–3

Comparison

28 299

2620

26 892

85

(82, 88)

Ref.

4+

CRC

1529

551

1145

441

(401, 481)

2.6 (2.3, 2.9)

125

(83, 168)

28%

4+

Comparison

4237

700

3850

164

(151, 177)

Ref.

Two to 5 years of follow-up

0

CRC

20 211

5487

59 101

101

(98, 104)

3.2 (3.1, 3.3)

Ref.

0

Comparison

112 638

11 875

376 876

37

(36, 37)

Ref.

1

CRC

5012

1673

13 586

116

(110, 122)

1.9 (1.8, 2.0)

−8.4

(−15, −1.8)

NA

1

Comparison

29 219

6285

88 895

60

(59, 62)

Ref.

2–3

CRC

4522

1667

11 481

139

(132, 146)

1.6 (1.5, 1.7)

−5.3

(−13, 2.7)

NA

2–3

Comparison

25 581

6807

72 780

80

(78, 82)

Ref.

4+

CRC

978

456

2190

202

(179, 226)

1.4 (1.3, 1.6)

10

(−14, 35)

5.0%

4+

Comparison

3525

1309

8708

128

(121, 135)

Ref.

  1. Abbreviations: CCI=Charlson Comorbidity Index; CI=confidence interval; CRC=colorectal cancer; MRR=mortality rate ratios; NA=not applicable; Ref.=reference.
  2. aAdjusted for age, gender, and CRC/index year.