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. 2024 Mar 16;39(4):379–391. doi: 10.1007/s10654-024-01100-0

Table 3.

Hazard Ratio of bladder cancer subtypes, according to diabetes characteristics in age-sex-adjusted and multivariable-adjusted analyses, Netherlands Cohort Study

Diabetes characteristics Person- years subcohort Overall bladder cancer Invasive bladder cancer Noninvasive bladder cancer
Cases Age-sex-adjusted Multivariable-adjusted Cases Age-sex-adjusted Multivariable-adjusted Cases Age-sex-adjusted Multivariable-adjusted
n HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) n HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) n HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
T2DM status
 No DM 69,455 2031 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 973 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 1058 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
 T2DM 2051 71 1.23 (0.87–1.73) 1.28 (0.90–1.82) 43 1.51 (1.02–2.24) 1.57 (1.04–2.37) 28 0.95 (0.61–1.50) 0.99 (0.63–1.56)
 P-interaction by sex 0.944 0.214  < 0.001
Age at diagnosis of T2DM
 No DM 69,455 2031 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 973 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 1058 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
 T2DM, diagnosed 55+ years 1136 41 1.34 (0.85–2.11) 1.45 (0.90–2.35) 29 1.90 (1.16–3.13) 2.11 (1.24–3.61) 12 0.78 (0.40–1.51) 0.83 (0.42–1.63)
 T2DM, diagnosed 50–< 55 years 484 13 0.86 (0.42–1.77) 0.81 (0.38–1.71) 5 0.69 (0.25–1.87) 0.63 (0.23–1.76) 8 1.02 (0.44–2.36) 0.99 (0.42–2.32)
 T2DM, diagnosed < 50 years 431 17 1.41 (0.68–2.91) 1.50 (0.72–3.12) 9 1.54 (0.66–3.59) 1.60 (0.67–3.81) 8 1.29 (0.53–3.15) 1.39 (0.57–3.41)
  P-trend 0.323 0.269 0.147 0.140 0.847 0.740
 P-interaction by sex 0.742  < 0.001  < 0.001
Time since T2DM diagnosis
 No DM 69,455 2031 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 973 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 1058 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
 T2DM, < 5 years 676 29 1.59 (0.89–2.83) 1.6 (0.87–2.95) 21 2.35 (1.26–4.36) 2.39 (1.22–4.69) 8 0.86 (0.37–1.98) 0.85 (0.36–2.00)
 T2DM, 5- < 10 years 657 20 1.18 (0.66–2.11) 1.25 (0.69–2.27) 9 1.07 (0.50–2.30) 1.17 (0.54–2.55) 11 1.28 (0.63–2.59) 1.33 (0.65–2.72)
 T2DM, 10+ years 718 22 0.97 (0.54–1.76) 1.02 (0.56–1.88) 13 1.17 (0.59–2.32) 1.20 (0.59–2.44) 9 0.78 (0.36–1.71) 0.85 (0.38–1.87)
  P-trend 0.553 0.417 0.217 0.179 0.783 0.953
 P-interaction by sex 0.666 0.058  < 0.001
T2DM medication
 No DM 69,455 2031 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 973 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 1058 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
 T2DM without antidiabetic drugs 1086 34 1.08 (0.67–1.74) 1.13 (0.70–1.84) 16 1.03 (0.57–1.88) 1.11 (0.60–2.04) 18 1.13 (0.63–2.01) 1.16 (0.65–2.08)
 T2DM + blood glucose lowering drugs 757 29 1.33 (0.78–2.29) 1.35 (0.76–2.40) 22 2.08 (1.17–3.71) 2.06 (1.10–3.85) 7 0.63 (0.27–1.46) 0.65 (0.27–1.53)
 T2DM + insulin and analogues 189 7 2.04 (0.71–5.84) 1.94 (0.61–6.17) 5 2.82 (0.90–8.80) 2.65 (0.76–9.18) 2 1.20 (0.25–5.91) 1.17 (0.22–6.19)
 P-interaction by sex  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001
T1DM
 No DM 69,455 2031 1 (Ref) 973 1 (Ref) 1058 1 (Ref)
 T1DM 106 6 3.14 (0.81–12.12) 4 4.42 (1.05–18.59) 2 1.99 (0.33–11.91)
  P-interaction by sex 0.726 0.949  < 0.001

DM diabetes mellitus, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus, T1DM type 1 diabetes mellitus, HR hazard ratio

Multivariable analyses adjusted for: age at baseline (years), sex (men, women), smoking status (never, former, current), smoking frequency (number of cigarettes per day; centered), smoking duration (number of years; centered), BMI at baseline (< 18.5, 18.5–< 25, 25–< 30, ≥ 30 kg/m2), highest level of education (primary school or lower vocational (low), secondary school or medium vocational (medium), and higher vocational or university (high)), alcohol intake (g/day), family history of bladder cancer (no, yes)