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. 2012 Apr 20;39(3):527–536. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbs065

Table 3.

Cancer Risk in Patients With Schizophrenia by Gender

Cancer Site/Type Male Female
O SIR 95% CI O SIR 95% CI
Upper aerodigestive tract 78 0.48 0.38–0.60 31 0.58 0.39–0.83
Salivary gland 5 0.47 0.15–1.11 7 0.73 0.29–1.51
Esophagus 30 0.52 0.35–0.75 19 0.92 0.55–1.43
Stomach 106 0.56 0.46–0.68 78 0.63 0.50–0.79
Small intestine 13 0.70 0.37–1.20 21 1.29 0.80–1.98
Colon 180 0.71 0.61–0.83 246 0.83 0.73–0.94
Rectum 100 0.59 0.48–0.72 100 0.74 0.60–0.90
Anus 7 1.21 0.48–2.51 15 1.27 0.71–2.09
Liver 78 0.71 0.56–0.89 110 0.91 0.75–1.09
Pancreas 76 0.69 0.55–0.87 67 0.65 0.50–0.82
Nose 8 0.91 0.39–1.81 2 0.35 0.03–1.28
Lung 270 0.67 0.60–0.76 181 0.91 0.78–1.05
Breast 10 1.62 0.77–3.00 1315 1.24 1.17–1.31
Cervix 0 133 0.84 0.71–1.00
Endometrium 0 311 1.34 1.20–1.50
Ovary 0 177 0.85 0.73–0.98
Other female genital 0 34 0.93 0.64–1.30
Prostate 412 0.45 0.41–0.50 0
Testis 49 0.94 0.69–1.24 0
Other male genital 16 1.05 0.60–1.72 0
Kidney 116 0.89 0.73–1.06 61 0.64 0.49–0.83
Urinary bladder 148 0.61 0.51–0.71 61 0.67 0.51–0.87
Melanoma 72 0.64 0.50–0.80 89 0.70 0.57–0.87
Skin, squamous cell 90 0.59 0.47–0.73 78 0.66 0.52–0.83
Nervous system 107 0.86 0.71–1.04 97 0.74 0.60–0.91
Thyroid gland 11 0.54 0.27–0.97 36 0.75 0.52–1.03
Endocrine glands 37 0.86 0.60–1.18 98 1.07 0.87–1.31
Bone 7 0.67 0.27–1.40 7 1.08 0.43–2.23
Connective tissue 23 0.79 0.50–1.18 21 0.85 0.53–1.31
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 124 0.74 0.62–0.89 95 0.74 0.60–0.91
Hodgkin's disease 27 0.94 0.62–1.37 11 0.62 0.31–1.11
Myeloma 36 0.69 0.48–0.96 34 0.71 0.49–0.99
Leukemia 61 0.75 0.58–0.97 40 0.57 0.41–0.77
Cancer of unknown primary 98 0.83 0.67–1.01 121 0.85 0.71–1.02
All 2405 0.63 0.61–0.66 3732 0.94 0.91–0.97

Note: Abbreviations are explained in the first footnote to table 2.