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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Aug;63(8):2495–2503. doi: 10.1002/art.30394

Table 4.

Frequency of observed and expected solid malignancy events and SIR.

Follow-up period (duration*) SM etanercept group (E) SM placebo group (P) E vs P
Observed (N) Expected (N) SIR 95% CI Observed (N) Expected (N) SIR 95% CI p p††
Trial (30 m) 6 1.58 3.80 1.39 – 8.26 0 1.02 0 0 – 3.63 0.01 0.03
Post-trial (43 m) 8 2.04 3.92 1.69–7.72 5 1.73 2.89 0.94 – 6.73 0.39 0.60
From trial entry (64 m) 14 3.73 3.76 2.05 – 6.31 5 2.92 1.71 0.56 – 3.99 0.03 0.12
*

Duration: median, in months

Comparison of frequencies of malignancies, Fisher exact test

††

Comparison of the SIRs, F-test

SM= solid malignancies

N=number of events

SIR=Standardized incidence ratio.