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. 2013 May 7;109(1):229–234. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.220

Table 3. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) of non-pulmonary cancers according to age at cancer diagnosis, gender, and follow-up period after tuberculosis diagnosis.

  Total
Male
Female
Characteristics Observed SIR (95% CI) Observed SIR (95% CI) Observed SIR (95% CI)
Non-pulmonary cancers
371
1.71 (1.54–1.90)
305
1.81 (1.61–2.03)
66
1.36 (1.05–1.73)
Age, yearsa
20–39 14 3.28 (1.79–5.51) 11 5.54 (2.77–9.91) 3 1.32 (0.27–3.84)
40–59 70 2.06 (1.61–2.61) 56 2.46 (1.86–3.20) 14 1.26 (0.69–2.11)
60–79 199 1.60 (1.39–1.84) 167 1.66 (1.42–1.93) 32 1.35 (0.92–1.91)
⩾80
88
1.62 (1.30–1.99)
71
1.65 (1.29–2.08)
17
1.50 (0.87–2.40)
Follow-up period, years
<1 134 3.03 (2.54–3.59) 111 3.20 (2.64–3.86) 23 2.41 (1.53–3.61)
1–5 155 1.34 (1.13–1.56) 126 1.39 (1.16–1.66) 29 1.14 (0.76–1.64)
>5 82 1.45 (1.15–1.80) 68 1.58 (1.23–2.00) 14 1.04 (0.57–1.74)
Follow-up ⩾1 year 237 1.37 (1.20–1.56) 194 1.45 (1.25–1.67) 43 1.11 (0.80–1.49)

Abbreviation: CI=confidence interval.

a

The age when the cancer was diagnosed.