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. 2018 Nov 12;34(2):269–276. doi: 10.1007/s00384-018-3191-7

Table 2.

Incident rates and hazard ratios of subsites of CRC among men and women with T2D and no diabetes

Men Women
T2D No diabetes T2DM vs. no diabetes T2D No diabetes T2DM vs. no diabetes
IR (95% CI) IR (95% CI) HRa (95% CI) IR (95% CI) IR (95% CI) HR* (95% CI)
Colon and rectum 1.66 (1.43–1.92) 1.31 (1.20–1.43) 1.26 (1.06–1.49) 1.21 (1.00–1.45) 0.95 (0.85–1.05) 1.33 (1.07–1.65)
 Proximal 0.47 (0.35–0.61) 0.39 (0.33–0.45) 1.20 (0.87–1.65) 0.55 (0.41–0.72) 0.37 (0.31–0.44) 1.58 (1.13–2.19)
  Cecum 0.17 (0.10–0.27) 0.17 (0.13–0.22) 0.96 (0.57–1.62) 0.23 (0.14–0.34) 0.17 (0.13–0.22) 1.37 (0.83–2.27)
  Appendix
  Ascending colon 0.21 (0.13–0.31) 0.10 (0.08–0.14) 2.12 (1.26–3.59) 0.18 (0.10–0.28) 0.10 (0.07–0.13) 1.98 (1.09–3.61)
  Hepatic flexure 0.05 (0.02–0.12) 0.03 (0.01–0.05) 2.31 (0.83–6.48) 0.08 (0.04–0.16) 0.04 (0.02–0.07) 2.21 (0.92–5.32)
  Transverse colon 0.04 (0.01–0.09) 0.08 (0.05–0.11) 0.41 (0.14–1.18) 0.06 (0.02–0.14) 0.05 (0.03–0.08) 1.22 (0.47–3.13)
 Distal 0.66 (0.52–0.83) 0.46 (0.40–0.54) 1.42 (1.08–1.88) 0.26 (0.17–0.38) 0.29 (0.24–0.35) 0.86 (0.55–1.35)
  Splenic flexure 0.01 (0.00–0.05) 0.02 (0.01–0.04) 0.30 (0.04–2.37) 0.06 (0.02–0.14) 0.03 (0.01–0.05) 2.39 (0.82–6.93)
  Descending colon 0.07 (0.03–0.14) 0.03 (0.01–0.05) 2.56 (1.00–6.53) 0.02 (0.00–0.07) 0.03 (0.01–0.05) 0.60 (0.13–2.85)
  Sigmoid colon 0.58 (0.44–0.74) 0.41 (0.35–0.48) 1.42 (1.05–1.91) 0.18 (0.10–0.28) 0.23 (0.19–0.29) 0.72 (0.42–1.24)
Rectum 0.46 (0.34–0.60) 0.42 (0.36–0.49) 1.06 (0.77–1.47) 0.33 (0.23–0.47) 0.26 (0.21–0.32) 1.33 (0.88–2.02)

aAdjusted for age, SES, and the use of aspirin, non-aspirin NSAIDs, statins, antihypertensives, and HRT in the year prior to index date