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. 2003 Sep 30;89(7):1221–1227. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601219

Table 4. Multivariate analyses of relative risks for all cancers and selected cancer sites following organ transplantation.

  All cancers
Nonmelanoma skin cancer
Lip cancer
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
  Obs RR 95% CI Obs RR 95% CI Obs RR 95% CI Obs RR 95% CI
Follow-up (years)                        
 <1 93 1 ref 10 1 ref 0 0 na 16 1 ref
 1–4 248 0.9 0.7–1.1 86 2.3 1.2–4.5 14 1 ref 11 0.2 0.1–0.5
 5–9 200 1.0 0.8–1.3 92 2.8 1.4–5.3 19 1.6 0.8–3.2 11 0.3 0.2–0.8
 10+ 151 0.9 0.7–1.2 90 2.4 1.2–4.7 7 0.6 0.3–1.6 7 0.3 0.1–0.7
                         
Age at transplantation (years)                        
 <39 155 2.5 2.0–3.1 71 3.8 2.7–5.4 4 1.6 0.5–5.3 9 4.8 1.6–14.7
 40–49 158 1.4 1.1–1.8 51 1.5 1.0–2.2 17 2.8 1.2–6.3 14 3.5 1.2–9.8
 50–59 229 1.2 0.9–1.4 90 1.4 1.0–1.9 10 1.0 0.9–1.4 17 2.1 0.8–5.9
 60+ 150 1 ref 66 1 ref 9 1 ref 5 1 ref
                         
Gender                        
 Male 442 1.5 1.3–1.8 194 0.9 0.7–1.2 29 0.5 0.3–1.1 31 1.0 0.5–1.8
 Female 250 1 ref 84 1 ref 11 1 ref 14 1 ref
                         
Transplanted organ                        
 Kidney 639 1 ref 267 1 ref 39 1 ref 27 1 ref
 Other 53 1.4 1.0–1.8 11 0.7 0.4–1.3 1 0.5 0.1–3.5 18 8.4 4.3–16

Results shown as relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) after mutual adjustment for follow-up time, age at transplantation, gender and transplanted organ.