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

Table 4.

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

Diabetes characteristics Men Women
Person- years subcohort Invasive bladder cancer Noninvasive bladder cancer Person- Invasive bladder cancer
Cases Age-adjusted Multivariable-adjusted Cases Age-adjusted Multivariable-adjusted years Cases Age-adjusted Multivariable-adjusted
n HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) n HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) subcohort n HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
T2DM status
 No DM 32,160 799 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 907 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 37,295 174 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
 T2DM 834 32 1.40 (0.88–2.24) 1.42 (0.88–2.30) 28 1.14 (0.71–1.85) 1.17 (0.72–1.89) 1216 11 1.94 (1.00–3.75) 2.19 (1.10–4.34)
Age at diagnosis of T2DM
 No DM 32,160 799 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 907 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 37,295 174 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
 T2DM, diagnosed 55+ years 395 19 1.64 (0.88–3.06) 1.72 (0.89–3.33) 12 0.98 (0.49–1.99) 1.02 (0.50–2.07) 740 10 2.76 (1.35–5.65) 3.31 (1.54–7.12)
 T2DM, diagnosed < 55 years 439 13 1.16 (0.58–2.32) 1.13 (0.56–2.31) 16 1.30 (0.68–2.48) 1.31 (0.68–2.51) 476 1 0.49 (0.07–3.65) 0.51 (0.07–3.87)
  P-trend 0.265 0.284 0.484 0.452 0.208 0.134
Time since T2DM diagnosis
 No DM 32,160 799 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 907 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 37,295 174 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
 T2DM, < 5 years 255 15 2.13 (1.00–4.55) 2.02 (0.91–4.50) 8 1.05 (0.43–2.56) 1.02 (0.42–2.51) 422 6 3.07 (1.23–7.69) 3.94 (1.54–10.10)
 T2DM, 5+ years 580 17 1.08 (0.59–1.96) 1.12 (0.61–2.08) 20 1.18 (0.67–2.08) 1.24 (0.70–2.18) 795 5 1.34 (0.52–3.44) 1.43 (0.55–3.74)
 P-trend 0.340 0.306 0.555 0.480 0.137 0.091
T2DM medication
 No DM 32,160 799 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 907 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 37,295 174 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
 T2DM without antidiabetic drugs 441 15 1.18 (0.61–2.28) 1.25 (0.64–2.43) 18 1.34 (0.72–2.48) 1.37 (0.74–2.53) 645 1 0.34 (0.05–2.47) 0.38 (0.05–2.81)
 T2DM + blood glucose lowering drugs 336 12 1.41 (0.67–2.96) 1.34 (0.61–2.94) 7 0.74 (0.31–1.79) 0.75 (0.31–1.82) 420 10 5.14 (2.39–11.09) 6.08 (2.75–13.43)
 T2DM + insulin and analogues 38 5 5.08 (1.17–22.06) 4.18 (0.88–19.79) 2 1.96 (0.32–12.04) 1.74 (0.26–11.50) 151 0

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

Multivariable analyses adjusted for: age at baseline (years), 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)