Table 3. The characteristics of patients with DM (n = 36270).

Descriptor	Total	Type 1 DM	Type 2 DM	P value
No. of DM (n)	36270	1447	34823	<0.05
Any sites of cancer (n)	3639	148	3491	0.172
HR (95%CI)	1.16(1.13–1.20) † b	1.18(1.01–1.39) † c	1.15(1.11–1.19) ‡ d	-
Adjusted HR a (95%CI)	1.46(1.41–1.52) ‡ b	1.47(1.25–1.73) ‡ c	1.34(1.29–1.39) ‡ d	-
Cancer incidence density	4.11	4.12	4.10	0.578

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval, hazard ratio.

^†p< 0.05,

^‡p< 0.001

^aSex, age, hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, gout, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and liver cirrhosis were adjusted for the cancer risk analysis.

^bThe comparison between subjects with DM and without DM.

^cThe comparison between subjects with T1DM and without DM.

^dThe comparison between subjects with T2DM and without DM.