Table 3.

Characteristics of colorectal cancer in statin users and non-users

Characteristic	Statin users (n = 30)	Statin non-users (n = 287)	p-value
Age at cancer diagnosis [Median(IQR)] (in years)	67 (63 – 73)	55 (45 – 65)	< 0.001
Age at first IBD contact [Median(IQR)] (in years)	64 (56 – 68)	53 (41 – 64)	< 0.001
Mean duration since first IBD contact (in years)	6	3	< 0.001
Female (%)	33	42	0.35
White (%)	93	89	0.48
Ulcerative colitis (%)	80	46	< 0.001
Co-existing PSC (%)	7	5	0.67
Medical therapies
Immunomodulator (%)	23	16	0.31
Anti-TNF biologics (%)	0	7	0.14
C-Reactive protein [Median(IQR)] (in mg/L)	5.4 (0.5 – 11.8)	7.1 (3.7 – 29.4)	< 0.001
Ever smoker (%)	93	71	0.008
Died (%)	30	27	0.74