Table 1. Increased rates of second malignancies in patients with CLL as compared with FL patients and the general population of Manitoba.
CLL population | Compared with FL | Compared with GP | |||||
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Groups |
n |
Time at risk (PY) |
Second cancers |
SIR |
95% CI |
SIR |
95% CI |
All cancers | |||||||
All | 255 | 2707.18 | 104 | 1.79a | 1.30–2.45 | 1.93a | 1.40–2.68 |
Male | 260 | 1456.39 | 65 | 1.84a | 1.23–2.75 | 2.05a | 1.35–3.12 |
Female |
195 |
1250.70 |
39 |
1.71a |
1.02–2.84 |
1.76a |
1.05–2.96 |
Invasive cancers (excluding NMSCs) | |||||||
All | 499 | 3033.02 | 76 | 1.51a | 1.06–2.14 | 1.62a | 1.13–2.32 |
Male | 288 | 1662.09 | 45 | 1.19 | 0.77–1.82 | 1.59a | 1.00–2.53 |
Female |
211 |
1370.93 |
31 |
2.49a |
1.29–4.78 |
1.66 |
0.94–2.93 |
NMSCs | |||||||
All | 538 | 3268.53 | 50 | 2.27a | 1.38–3.74 | 40.42a | 5.28–309.32 |
Male | 299 | 1712.79 | 35 | 3.12a | 1.60–6.10 | 38.57a | 3.65–408.04 |
Female | 239 | 1555.73 | 15 | 1.39 | 0.64–3.03 | 44.00 | 0.84–2304.23 |
Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; CLL=chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; FL=follicular lymphoma; GP=general population; n=number of CLL cases; NMSCs=non-melanoma skin cancers; PY=Person-Years; SIR=standardised incidence ratio.
Indicates statistical significance.