Table 2 Comparison of incidence rates and hazard ratios for overall and specific cancers between control and glaucoma groups.

From: Risk of cancer in patients with glaucoma: A nationwide population-based cohort study

 

Control (N = 107536)

Glaucoma (N = 107536)

Hazard ratio (95% confidence interval)

N. of events

Incidence rate (per 1000)

N. of events

Incidence rate (per 1000)

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Overall cancer

5802

11.617

6086

12.227

1.053 (1.015, 1.091)*

1.051 (1.014, 1.09)*

1.049 (1.012, 1.088)*

Oral

89

0.174

106

0.207

1.192 (0.899, 1.58)

1.191 (0.898, 1.578)

1.217 (0.917, 1.616)

Esophagus

103

0.201

81

0.158

0.787 (0.588, 1.053)

0.784 (0.586, 1.049)

0.805 (0.6, 1.079)

Laryngeal

48

0.094

53

0.104

1.105 (0.748, 1.634)

1.102 (0.746, 1.629)

1.147 (0.773, 1.7)

Thyroid

456

0.892

447

0.876

0.981 (0.861, 1.118)

0.982 (0.862, 1.118)

0.997 (0.874, 1.137)

Stomach

1015

1.990

954

1.872

0.941 (0.861, 1.028)

0.938 (0.859, 1.025)

0.935 (0.856, 1.022)

Colorectal

1162

2.279

1227

2.410

1.058 (0.976, 1.146)

1.056 (0.974, 1.144)

1.04 (0.959, 1.127)

Liver

679

1.327

707

1.383

1.043 (0.938, 1.158)

1.04 (0.936, 1.156)

1.016 (0.914, 1.13)

Pancreatic

505

0.986

545

1.066

1.081 (0.958, 1.22)

1.078 (0.955, 1.217)

1.055 (0.934, 1.191)

Biliary

300

0.586

285

0.557

0.951 (0.809, 1.118)

0.947 (0.806, 1.114)

0.935 (0.795, 1.101)

Lung

982

1.921

1007

1.972

1.027 (0.94, 1.121)

1.023 (0.937, 1.117)

1.059 (0.97, 1.157)

Renal

139

0.271

178

0.348

1.282 (1.027, 1.601)

1.281 (1.026, 1.599)

1.239 (0.991, 1.549)

Bladder

233

0.455

234

0.457

1.005 (0.839, 1.205)

1 (0.834, 1.199)

0.998 (0.831, 1.198)

Cancer of central nervous system

102

0.199

108

0.211

1.06 (0.809, 1.39)

1.059 (0.808, 1.388)

1.074 (0.818, 1.409)

Leukemia

98

0.191

102

0.199

1.042 (0.79, 1.375)

1.04 (0.788, 1.373)

1.03 (0.779, 1.361)

Lymphoma

126

0.246

146

0.285

1.16 (0.914, 1.472)

1.158 (0.912, 1.469)

1.19 (0.937, 1.513)

Multiple myeloma

57

0.111

60

0.117

1.054 (0.733, 1.514)

1.051 (0.731, 1.51)

1.033 (0.718, 1.488)

Skin

18

0.035

36

0.070

2.003 (1.138, 3.527)*

2 (1.136, 3.521)*

1.944 (1.102, 3.43)*

Prostate

625

2.427

732

2.849

1.174 (1.055, 1.307)*

1.17 (1.052, 1.302)*

1.168 (1.049, 1.3)*

Testicular

12

0.046

15

0.058

1.252 (0.586, 2.676)

1.25 (0.585, 2.67)

1.289 (0.6, 2.768)

Breast

278

1.099

324

1.284

1.167 (0.995, 1.37)

1.169 (0.996, 1.372)

1.168 (0.994, 1.372)

Uterine cervical

82

0.324

67

0.265

0.818 (0.592, 1.13)

0.818 (0.592, 1.129)

0.814 (0.588, 1.126)

Uterine corpus

53

0.209

56

0.221

1.058 (0.726, 1.54)

1.058 (0.727, 1.54)

1.051 (0.72, 1.535)

Ovarian

111

0.438

93

0.367

0.839 (0.637, 1.105)

0.839 (0.637, 1.105)

0.845 (0.64, 1.115)

  1. Model 1 Unadjusted.
  2. Model 2 Adjusted for age and gender.
  3. Model 3 Adjusted for age, gender, diabetes, smoking history, and body mass index.
  4. Female malignancies are analyzed in females(n = 52915).
  5. Male malignancies are analyzed in males (n = 54621).
  6. *P value < 0.05.