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. 2018 Aug 22;13(8):e0199014. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199014

Table 3. The incidence of major secondary primary cancer in aspirin users and non-aspirin users among HNSCC patients identified during 2000–2011.

Aspirin user (N = 3576) Non-aspirin user (N = 14667)
Cancer Type Event Ratea Event Ratea HR (95% CI)b P
Head and neck cancer 9 0.69 21 0.66 1.44 (0.62–3.37) 0.39
Esophagus cancer 33 2.54 162 5.10 0.60 (0.41–0.90) 0.01
Stomach cancer 4 0.31 25 0.79 0.27 (0.08–0.87) 0.03
Colorectal cancer 16 1.23 46 1.45 0.59 (0.31–1.11) 0.10
Liver cancer 28 2.15 82 2.58 0.67 (0.42–1.08) 0.10
Lung cancer 37 2.84 118 3.71 0.71 (0.18–1.07) 0.10
Bladder cancer 6 0.46 9 0.28 0.83 (0.26–2.62) 0.83

a Rate: Incidence rate per 1000 person-year

b Adjusted for age, sex, urbanization, coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, atrial fibrillation, heart failure, hyperlipidemia, chronic kidney disease, and medicines use of COX2, and statins.