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. 2004 Sep 25;329(7468):716–719. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38169.486701.7C

Table 2.

Overall number of events, rates per 10 000 person years, crude and adjusted hazard ratios for coeliac cohort compared with control cohort (reference group)

Overall
First year of follow up after diagnosis
Follow up beyond year after diagnosis
Condition and cohort No of participants* Hazard ratio (95% CI) Adjusted hazard ratio(95% CI) No of events Rate/10 000 years Adjusted hazard ratio(95% CI) No of events Rate/10 000 years Adjusted hazard ratio(95% CI)
Any malignancy: *
Control 23 433 1 1 111 52.7 1 395 56.5 1
Coeliac disease 4695 1.29 (1.06 to 1.55) 1.31 (1.08 to 1.59) 44 104.2 2.07 (1.45 to 2.96) 87 62.2 1.10 (0.87 to 1.39)
Gastrointestinal cancer:
Control 23 605 1 1 14 6.6 1 64 9.0 1.00
Coeliac disease 4724 1.85 (1.22 to 2.81) 1.95 (1.27 to 3.00) 9 21.1 3.31 (1.40 to 7.83) 20 14.1 1.65 (0.99 to 2.76)
Breast cancer:
Control 23 562 1 1 24 11.3 1 87 12.3 1
Coeliac disease 4725 0.35 (0.17 to 0.72) 0.31 (0.15 to 0.63) 3 7.0 0.60 (0.18 to 2.04) 5 3.5 0.24 (0.10 to 0.60)
Lung cancer:
Control 23 616 1 1 14 6.6 1 43 6.0 1
Coeliac disease 4728 0.34 (0.13 to 0.95) 0.37 (0.13 to 1.02) 1 2.3 0.40 (0.05 to 3.09) 3 2.1 0.37 (0.11 to 1.20)
Lymphoproliferative disease:
Control 23 612 1 1 6 2.8 1 17 2.4 1
Coeliac disease 4724 4.80 (2.71 to 8.50) 4.27 (2.36 to 7.74) 11 25.8 7.32 (2.65 to 20.24) 12 8.4 3.40 (1.58 to 7.34)
Prostate cancer:
Control 23 614 1 1 4 1.9 1 25 3.5 1
Coeliac disease 4730 0.99 (0.41 to 2.38) 1.05 (0.42 to 2.57) 1 2.3 1.30 (0.14 to 12.19) 5 3.5 1.03 (0.38 to 2.76)
Mortality:
Control 23 609 1 1 184 86.7 1 697 98.0 1
Coeliac disease 4728 1.31 (1.13 to 1.51) 1.39 (1.20 to 1.61) 73 171.0 2.09 (1.59 to 2.76) 163 114.6 1.23 (1.04 to 1.47)
*

Number vary as participants with event on same date or before start of follow up were excluded.

Adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, and smoking status.