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. 2010 Mar 1;60(572):e105–e112. doi: 10.3399/bjgp10X483526

Table 4.

Recorded rates of cancer consultation prior to baseline and after baseline by group.

Prevalence in 2 years pre-baseline Incidence in first year of follow-upa Incidence in 10-year follow-upa



Group Rate per 10 000 persons SPR (95% CI) Rate per 10 000 person-years SIR (95% CI) Rate per 10 000 person-decades SIR (95% CI)
Controls 249 1.00 167 1.00 1817 1.00

Back 356 1.51 (1.35 to 1.69) 280 1.79 (1.57 to 2.03) 2135 1.25 (1.19 to 1.32)

Knee 278 1.12 (0.93 to 1.35) 172 1.03 (0.80 to 1.31) 2016 1.11 (1.02 to 1.20)

Shoulder 313 1.34 (1.10 to 1.61) 195 1.24 (0.96 to 1.57) 1977 1.13 (1.04 to 1.24)

Neck 279 1.22 (0.98 to 1.49) 197 1.28 (0.98 to 1.64) 2032 1.20 (1.09 to 1.31)

Hand/wrist 255 1.09 (0.87 to 1.35) 156 0.99 (0.73 to 1.31) 1793 1.03 (0.93 to 1.13)

Foot 279 1.17 (0.94 to 1.45) 170 1.05 (0.78 to 1.39) 1911 1.08 (0.98 to 1.19)

Hip 413 1.45 (1.16 to 1.79) 252 1.34 (0.99 to 1.78) 2249 1.15 (1.02 to 1.29)

All cases 322 1.32 (1.26 to 1.39) 222 1.36 (1.28 to 1.45) 2045 1.16 (1.13 to 1.19)

SIR = Age- and sex-standardised incidence ratio. SPR = Age- and sex-standardised prevalence ratio.

a

In those without a cancer consultation in 2 years pre-baseline.