Skip to main content

View full-text article in PMC

. 2017 Nov 15;8(65):108989–108999. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.22480

Table 4. The risks of brain cancer in stroke and control groups stratified by age and gender.

Characteristic	Stroke				Control				Crude HR (95% CI)	Adjusted HR^b (95% CI)
Characteristic	N	Cancer	#PY	Rate^a	N	Cancer	#PY	Rate^a
All	17161	27	155230.90	0.17	68644	47	683868.69	0.07	2.48 (1.55-3.98)^*	3.09 ( 1.80-5.30)^*
Age
≦40	688	5	6538.55	0.76	2752	--	29133.61	--	--	--
40-60	4116	7	39321.49	0.18	16464	4	169615.42	0.02	7.40 (2.17-25.29)^*	16.34 (4.45-62.13)^*
60-80	10002	13	90470.92	0.14	40008	39	395503.55	0.10	1.44 (0.77-2.70)	1.67 (0.83-3.36)
>80	2355	2	18899.95	0.11	9420	4	89616.11	0.04	2.23 (0.41-12.16)	0.92 (0.16-5.31)
Gender
Male	10039	13	89349.63	0.15	40156	32	397677.55	0.08	1.78 (0.93-3.38)	1.57 (0.76-3.25)
Female	7122	14	65881.28	0.21	28488	15	286191.14	0.05	3.97 (1.92-8.22)	7.41 (3.30-16.64)^*

#PY, person-years.

^aRate: per 1000 person-years.

^bAdjusted by age groups, gender and comorbidities.

^*P-value<0.05.