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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2008 Oct 15;113(8):2073–2081. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23808

Table 3.

Cancer risks by EIN status and pathology-panel-based WHO classifications

Cases N Controls N RR 95% CI
Panel WHO classification
 DPEM 33 97 1.00 Ref.
 Non-atypical EH (SH or CH) 62 110 2.24 1.08–4.66
 AH 43 34 14.21 5.32–37.96
Collapsed categories:
 DPEM or non-atypical EH 95 207 1.00 Ref.
 AH 43 34 9.19 3.87–21.83
EIN classification
 Benign 71 159 1.00 Ref.
 EIN 42 65 7.76 3.36–17.91
 Cancer 13 10 17.11 4.18–70.10
Collapsed categories:
 Benign 71 159 1.00 Ref.
 EIN or cancer 55 75 8.95 4.06–19.74

RRs are based on conditional logistic regression analysis, weighted based on the sampling methods used to select controls. The RRs represent the increased probability of developing carcinoma associated with that EH or EIN classification compared with the probability of develop carcinoma associated with the reference category (i.e., WHO=DPEM, WHO=SH, EIN=benign, or some combination thereof).

Non-atypical EH = SH or CH.

RRs are adjusted for age at index biopsy, date of index biopsy, interval between EH and carcinoma (for cases) or matched censoring date (for controls), BMI at the time of EH diagnosis, MPA-based treatment for EH, and follow-up biopsies.

For EIN classification, 9 cases and 4 controls were judged to be inadequate for EIN classification (RR=2.19, 95% CI, 0.44–10.82). Another 3 case and 3 control slides were not available for review.