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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2018 Aug 17;29(10):987–994. doi: 10.1007/s10552-018-1073-5

Table 5:

Age specific cancer Standardized Incidence Rate (SIRs) in University of Washington Medicine sleep apnea cohort, overall and by cancer sites, 2005–2014

Age at sleep apnea diagnosis
<60 y 60+ y
  Observed Expected SIR (95% CI) Observed Expected SIR (95% CI)
Cancer site
All sites 786 927.9 0.85 (0.79, 0.91) 789 325 2.43 (2.26, 2.60)
Female Breast 120 105.9 1.13 (0.94, 1.35) 107 22.1 4.85 (3.97, 5.86)
Prostate 74 151.4 0.49 (0.38, 0.61) 133 51.4 2.59 (2.17, 3.07)
melanoma 60 48.2 1.25 (0.95, 1.61) 69 10.52 6.56 (5.10, 8.30)
Lung and Bronchus 39 97.6 0.40 (0.29, 0.55) 76 38.8 1.96 (1.55, 2.45)
Kidney 63 27.6 2.29 (1.76, 2.93) 37 7.73 4.79 (3.37, 6.60)
Corpus Uteri 51 20.3 2.51 (1.87, 3.30) 33 4.36 7.57 (5.21, 1000)
Colorectal 43 61.3 0.70 (0.51, 0.94) 35 20.6 1.70 (1.19, 2.37)
Pancreas 21 27.6 1.12 (0.69, 1.71) 18 7.7 2.34 (1.39, 3.70)