Table 1 Unadjusted and adjusted risk ratios for any malignant cancer and specific cancers among patients with type 2 diabetic people and their comparators in Tayside, Scotland, 1993–2004

From: A cohort study of the risk of cancer associated with type 2 diabetes

 

No (%) of cancer (diabetes)

No (%) of cancer (comparators)

Unadjusted RR (95% CI)

Adjusted RR (95% CI)a

Adjusted RR (95% CI) (excluding outcomes in 1st year)

Any malignant cancer C00–97

661 (6.9%)

1364 (7.1%)

1.01 (0.92–1.11)

0.99 (0.90–1.09)

1.05 (0.93–1.18)

Skin C43–44

128 (1.3%)

322 (1.7%)

0.83 (0.68–1.02)

0.84 (0.68–1.03)

0.83 (0.64–1.07)

Lung C33–34

77 (0.8%)

198 (1.0%)

0.81 (0.62–1.05)

0.77 (0.59–1.01)

0.70 (0.49–0.99)

Colon C18–19

67 (0.7%)

95 (0.5%)

1.49 (1.09–2.03)

1.46 (1.07–2.01)

1.56 (1.05–2.32)

Breast C50

52 (0.5%)

103 (0.5%)

1.05 (0.76–1.47)

1.05 (0.75–1.47)

1.05 (0.71–1.57)

Prostate C61

43 (0.4%)

117 (0.6%)

0.77 (0.54–1.09)

0.77 (0.54–1.09)

0.76 (0.50–1.17)

Pancreas C25

31 (0.3%)

20 (0.1%)

3.19 (1.82–5.60)

3.06 (1.73–5.39)

2.85 (1.27–6.43)

Oesophagus C15

24 (0.3%)

28 (0.1%)

1.79 (1.04–3.08)

1.70 (0.98–2.95)

1.74 (0.91–3.32)

Bladder C67

17 (0.2%)

51 (0.3%)

0.69 (0.40–1.20)

0.70 (0.40–1.21)

0.53 (0.24–1.15)

Non-Hodgkins C82–85

17 (0.2%)

26 (0.1%)

1.37 (0.74–2.51)

1.36 (0.74–2.51)

1.44 (0.67–3.10)

Liver C22

17 (0.2%)

12 (0.1%)

2.96 (1.41–6.19)

2.93 (1.40–6.14)

3.50 (1.38–8.91)

Stomach C16

16 (0.2%)

46 (0.2%)

0.73 (0.41–1.29)

0.73 (0.41–1.29)

0.77 (0.36–1.66)

Rectum C20

13 (0.1%)

48 (0.3%)

0.57 (0.31–1.06)

0.56 (0.30–1.03)

0.53 (0.25–1.10)

Endometrium C54

13 (0.1%)

17 (0.1%)

1.60 (0.78–3.29)

1.47 (0.70–3.09)

0.94 (0.33–2.70)

Kidney C64

6 (0.1%)

24 (0.1%)

0.52 (0.21–1.28)

0.52 (0.21–1.27)

0.25 (0.06–1.06)

  1. Abbreviations: CI=confidence intervals; RR=risk ratio.
  2. aAdjusted for deprivation decile.