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. 2012 Apr 27;7(4):e36370. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036370

Table 3. Hazard ratios and 95% confidence interval of cancer associated with anxiety disorder in Cox's regression analysis in different cancer.

Percentage of cancer
Variables Non- Anxiety disorder Anxiety disorder HR (95% CI)
Overall 5.73 6.10 1.01 (0.95–1.07)
Oral cancer 0.26 0.26 0.81 (0.40–1.61)
Colorectal cancer 0.86 0.84 0.92 (0.79–1.08)
Liver cancer 0.72 0.85 1.11 (0.95–1.30)
Lung cancer 0.74 0.81 1.05 (0.89–1.23)
Breast cancer (women only) 0.98 1.16 1.32 (0.95–1.34)
Cervical cancer (women only) 0.35 0.25 0.72 (0.51–1.03)**
Prostate cancer (men only) 0.66 1.00 1.32 (1.02–1.71) *
Other cancers 2.06 2.08 1.00 (0.88–1.15)

ICD-9-CM: oral cancer, 140.xx–149.xx; colorectal cancer, 153.xx and 154.xx; liver cancer, 155.xx; lung cancer, 162.xx; breast cancer, 174.xx; cervical cancer, 180.xx; prostate cancer, 185.xx.

Adjusted for urbanization, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia.

*

p-value<0.05,

**

p-value = 0.0678.