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. 2013 Jun 11;109(1):280–288. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.294

Table 4. SIRs and 95% CIs for development of lymphoma subtypes in subgroups of solid organ transplant recipients by time since transplant, United States, 1987–2008.

  Time since transplant
 
 
1–360 days
361–1800 days
1801+ days
Poisson
Subtype n SIR 95% CI n SIR 95% CI n SIR 95% CI P-value*
B-cell lymphoma subtype
Burkitt's lymphoma/leukaemia <3 3.3 0.4–11.8 54 31.7 23.8–41.3 32 25.0 17.1–35.3 <0.0001
Chronic lymphocytic lymphoma/small lymphocytic lymphoma 11 1.4 0.72.4 12 0.5 0.30.9 13 0.6 0.31.0 0.05
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma 335 30.1 26.9–33.5 305 9.4 8.4–10.5 308 11.6 10.4–13.0 <0.0001
Follicular lymphoma 13 2.1 1.1–3.5 8 0.4 0.2–0.9 17 1.1 0.6–1.8 0.0014
Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma 3 3.5 0.7–10.4 6 2.3 0.9–5.1 7 3.0 1.2–6.2 0.81
Mantle cell <3 0.8 0.0–4.7 <3 0.3 0.0–1.5 <3 0.3 0.0–1.6 0.71
Marginal zone
6
2.7
1.0–5.9
13
1.9
1.0–3.2
16
2.4
1.4–3.9
0.69
Splenic/nodal marginal zone
<3
1.3
0.0–7.5
<3
0.4
0.0–2.4
4
1.7
0.5–4.4
0.38
MALT type
5
3.4
1.1–7.9
12
2.6
1.4–4.6
12
2.8
1.5–4.9
0.89
T-cell lymphoma subtype
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma <3 1.7 0.2–6.2 11 3.2 1.6–5.7 17 5.7 3.3–9.1 0.11
ALCL 15 32.8 18.4–54.1 5 3.7 1.2–8.7 16 15.6 8.9–25.4 <0.0001
Primary cutaneous ALCL 3 32.4 6.7–94.7 <3 3.5 0.1–19.6 5 17.1 5.6–40.0 0.08
Mycosis fungoides/Sézary's syndrome <3 2.4 0.3–8.7 <3 0.8 0.1–3.1 4 2.3 0.6–5.8 0.42
Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma 0 0.0 0.0–451.4 <3 42.7 1.1–238.0 4 219 60–560 0.10
NK/TCL, nasal type
<3
11.9
0.3–66.33
3
12.3
2.6–36.1
4
19.4
5.3–48.6
0.81
All T-cell lymphoma
20
11.5
7.0–17.8
18
3.5
2.1–5.5
42
9.7
7.0–13.1
<0.0001
Precursor B- or T-cell lymphoblastic leukaemia/lymphoma
<3
1.2
0.1–4.2
11
2.4
1.2–4.3
6
2.0
0.7–4.3
0.59
NHL, other
0
0.0
0.0–4.3
5
2.0
0.7–4.7
4
2.1
0.6–5.4
0.20
NHL, not otherwise specified
115
20.2
16.7–24.3
124
7.8
6.5–9.3
93
8.4
6.8–10.3
<0.0001
All NHL
511
12.4
11.3–13.5
561
4.6
4.3–5.0
545
5.5
5.0–6.0
<0.0001
Hodgkin's lymphoma 6 1.4 0.5–3.1 36 3.2 2.2–4.4 41 5.4 3.9–7.3 0.001

Abbreviations: ALCL=anaplastic large-cell lymphoma; CI=confidence interval; MALT=mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue; NHL=non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; NK=natural killer; SIR=standardised incidence ratio; TCL=T-cell lymphoma.

*P-value from univariate Poisson regression testing for heterogeneity across categories.

Bold indicates SIRs significantly different from 1 at P<0.05.