Table 4 Sensitivity analysis after excluding participants who occurred cancer within the first year and the first five years of follow-up.

From: The relationship between serum uric acid and colorectal cancer: a prospective cohort study

Groups

Cases/person-years

Adjusted models

HR (95%CI)

p-value

Exclude CRC cases diagnosed within the first year of follow-up

T1 group

153/385,550

Ref

 

T2 group

178/383,401

1.09 (0.88, 1.68)

0.655

T3 group

224/373,103

1.57 (1.11, 2.31)

0.014

P for trend

  

0.001

Exclude CRC cases diagnosed within the first 5 year of follow-up

T1 group

68/385,252

Ref

 

T2 group

90/383,063

1.22 (0.92, 2.39)

0.351

T3 group

140/372,806

2.01 (1.58, 2.89)

 < 0.001

P for trend

  

 < 0.001

  1. Models were adjusted for age (every 10 years), sex, family income, educational background, marital status, BMI, TG, TC, TBIL, ALT, CRP, smoking status, drinking status, physical activity, sedentary lifestyle, tea consumption, high-fat diet, diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and family history of cancer.
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