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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 27.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2008 May;18(5):416–421. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.01.003

Table 2. Excess absolute risk and excess relative risk by subtype and variables of interest*.

All leukemia (no CLL) AML


No. EAR (95% CI) ERR (95% CI) No. EAR (95% CI) ERR (95%CI)
Total, unadjusted 89 10.8 (7.6–14.6) 1.6 (1.0–2.2) 53 7.2 (4.7–10.2) 2.1 (1.3–2.9)
Latency
 1–4yr 32 17.9 (11.2–26.2) 4.6 (2.9–6.8) 22 12.9 (7.6–20.1) 8.0 (4.7–12.4)
 5–9 yr 18 8.0 (3.0–14.9) 1.8 (0.6–3.3) 12 6.0 (2.0–11.8) 3.0 (1.1–6.0)
 10–14 yr 13 6.8 (1.1–15.3) 1.2 0.2–2.8) 5 2.2 (<0–8.0) 0.8 (<0–3.0)
 ⩾15 yr 26 8.1 (1.2–17.4) 0.8 (0.1–1.7) 14 5.1 (0.6–12.0) 0.9 (0.2–2.2)
  p Trend 0.051 <0.001 0.034 <0.001
Age at TC diagnosis
 < 30 yr 27 18.6 (9.8–31.7) 7.7 (41–13.1) 20 16.1 (8.1–38.5) 17.1 (8.8–30.0)
 30–39 yr 23 13.3 (5.8–24.7) 3.7 (1.6–7.1) 10 5.6 (1.1–13.7) 4.0 (0.9–9.6)
 ⩾40 yr 39 23.2 (10.9–40.5) 2.5 (1.0–4.4) 23 17.8 (7.8–33.2) 3.7 (1.4–7.2)
  p Trend 0.415 0.006 >0.50 0.002
Attained age
 <40yr 27 16.5 (9.5–25.9) 5.7 (3.3–9.1) 17 11.7 (6.1–19.7) 10.2 (5.3–17.3)
 40–49 yr 21 19.3 (8.7–36.0) 4.5 (2.0–8.4) 12 13.2 (4.9–27.6) 6.8 (2.6–14.2)
 ⩾50yr 41 23.9 (9.3–47.8) 1.7 (0.6–3.4) 24 20.0 (7.2–42.9) 2.6 (0.8–5.9)
  p Trend >0.50 <0.001 >0.50 <0.001
Initial treatment§,
 Radiotherapy only 39 19.5 (10.0–33.7) 5.3 (2.7–9.2) 20 10.5 (3.9–21.3) 6.3 (2.4–12.8)
 Any chemotherapy 10 22.5 (8.0–46.7) 6.1 (2.0–12.8) 9 24.6 (9.5–50.5) 14.6 (5.5–29.9)
  p Diff >0.50 >0.50 0.131 0.142
Calendar year of TC diagnosis
All treatments§,
 <1975 30 19.8 (8.2–39.1) 4.0 (1.5–8.4) 13 7.1 (<0–19.9) 3.3 (<0–10.4)
 1975+ 59 17.5 (10.7–26.3) 4.7 (2.9–7.1) 40 14.2 (8.2–22.3) 8.7 (5.1–13.6)
  p Diff >0.50 >0.50 0.230 0.103
Radiotherapv only§,
 <1975 19 23.5 (7.4–56.3) 5.8 (1.8–14.5) 9 8.7 (<0-30.7) 5.3 (0.5–20.6)
 1975+ 20 16.2 (5.9–33.7) 4.8 (1.8–9.7) 11 7.9 (1.6–21.4) 5.1 (1.1–13.2)
  p Diff 0.491 >0.50 >0.50 >0.50

CLL = chronic lymphocytic leukemia; AML = acute myeloid leukemia; EAR = excess absolute risk; ERR = excess relative risk; TC = testicular cancer; Diff = difference.

*

EAR = excess cases per 100,000 person-years, p Values represent likelihood ratio test. As indicated below, estimates adjusted for latency are shown for period 1—4 years since testicular cancer diagnosis and estimates adjusted for age at testicular diagnosis are presented for age 35 years.

Adjusted for age at testicular cancer diagnosis only.

Adjusted for latency only.

§

Adjusted for latency and age at diagnosis ot testicular cancer.

Includes only those registries that collect data on initial treatment (i.e., SEER Program, Denmark, Finland, Norway).

Reflects all registries, including those registries that do not collect initial treatment data.