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. 2020 May 27;156(8):1–10. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2020.1422

Table 2. Risks of Overall and Specific Cancers in Male and Female Patients With Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) Compared With a Matched Control Cohort.

Cancer subtype Male with vs without HS Female with vs without HS
Adjusted HR (95% CI)a P value Adjusted HR (95% CI)a P value
Overall 1.37 (1.19-1.57) <.001 1.15 (0.96-1.37) .13
Oral cavity and pharyngeal 2.80 (1.25-6.25) .01 3.95 (1.21-12.89) .02
Esophageal 1.61 (0.47-5.53) .45 NE
Gastric 0.93 (0.64-1.35) .69 1.30 (0.74-2.29) .36
Small intestine 2.72 (0.55-13.57) .22 NE
Colorectal 1.30 (0.91-1.87) .16 1.79 (1.12-2.88) .02
Liver 1.15 (0.72-1.83) .57 0.90 (0.32-2.54) .85
Biliary 1.88 (0.82-4.30) .14 0.63 (0.15-2.63) .52
Pancreatic 1.75 (0.82-3.76) .15 0.31 (0.04-2.28) .25
Laryngeal 0.59 (0.08-4.49) .61 NE
Lung 1.39 (0.95-2.03) .09 0.84 (0.36-1.95) .68
Bone and articular cartilage NE 10.33 (0.63-169.43) .10
Malignant melanoma skin 2.06 (0.23-18.78) .52 NE
Nonmelanoma skin 2.73 (1.33-5.61) .006 1.12 (0.33-3.74) .86
Breast NE 1.22 (0.81-1.82) .34
Uterine cervical NE 0.38 (0.09-1.58) .18
Uterine corpus NE 0.85 (0.20-3.66) .83
Ovarian NE 1.07 (0.32-3.55) .91
Prostate 2.05 (1.30-3.24) .002 NE
Testicular 1.03 (0.13-8.20) .98 NE
Renal 1.26 (0.57-2.80) .57 1.93 (0.54-6.86) .31
Bladder 0.65 (0.23-1.80) .41 NE
Central nervous system 3.14 (1.38-7.15) .006 1.49 (0.44-5.05) .53
Thyroid 1.52 (0.95-2.42) .08 1.04 (0.73-1.49) .82
Adrenal NE 4.70 (0.28-77.83) .28
Lymphoma 2.39 (1.13-5.03) .02 0.71 (0.17-3.01) .64
Hodgkin lymphoma 8.68 (1.74-43.28) .008 NE
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 1.75 (0.72-4.23) .22 0.78 (0.18-3.34) .73
Multiple myeloma 1.13 (0.14-9.27) .91 2.94 (0.30-28.59) .35
Leukemia 1.74 (0.66-4.56) .26 1.13 (0.26-4.96) .87

Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; NE, not estimated.

a

Adjusted for the presence of hypertension and dyslipidemia.