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

Table 3. Risks of Overall and Specific Cancers in Patients With Hidradenitis Suppurativa Compared With a Matched Control Cohort According to Age Group.

Cancer subtype Age <40 y Age ≥40 y
Adjusted HR (95% CI)a P value Adjusted HR (95% CI)a P value
Overall 1.34 (1.06-1.68) .01 1.26 (1.11-1.42) <.001
Oral cavity and pharyngeal 2.51 (0.52-12.10) .25 3.26 (1.57-6.80) .002
Esophageal NE 1.51 (0.44-5.18) .51
Gastric 1.01 (0.36-2.87) .98 1.02 (0.74-1.41) .91
Small intestine NE 2.36 (0.49-11.40) .29
Colorectal 1.68 (0.78-3.59) .19 1.41 (1.04-1.93) .03
Liver 1.48 (0.33-6.69) .61 1.07 (0.69-1.67) .76
Biliary 9.04 (0.56-145.02) .12 1.17 (0.56-2.45) .68
Pancreatic NE 1.27 (0.63-2.57) .50
Laryngeal NE 0.59 (0.08-4.49) .61
Lung NE 1.34 (0.95-1.90) .10
Bone and articular cartilage 1.34 (0.16-11.12) .95 NE
Malignant melanoma skin NE 1.75 (0.20-15.19) .61
Nonmelanoma skin 2.79 (0.56-13.82) .21 1.96 (1.02-3.80) .045
Breast 1.23 (0.61-2.49) .56 1.21 (0.74-1.99) .45
Uterine cervical 0.44 (0.06-3.29) .42 0.33 (0.05-2.47) .28
Uterine corpus NE 1.26 (0.28-5.60) .76
Ovarian 1.62 (0.19-13.86) .66 0.92 (0.21-3.94) .91
Prostate NE 2.05 (1.30-3.24) .002
Testicular 1.03 (0.13-8.20) .98 NE
Renal 1.65 (0.47-5.75) .44 1.31 (0.59-2.91) .51
Bladder NE 0.60 (0.22-1.66) .32
Central nervous system 3.05 (1.09-8.56) .03 2.02 (0.83-4.93) .12
Thyroid 1.27 (0.88-1.83) .20 1.08 (0.69-1.68) .75
Adrenal NE NE
Lymphoma 1.53 (0.44-5.31) .50 1.73 (0.81-3.74) .16
Hodgkin lymphoma 2.67 (0.28-25.69) .40 9.04 (1.26-64.85) .03
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 1.27 (0.28-5.69) .76 1.36 (0.57-3.25) .49
Multiple myeloma NE 1.65 (0.36-7.60) .52
Leukemia 2.55 (1.02-6.39) .046 0.45 (0.06-3.34) .43

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

a

Adjusted for the presence of hypertension and dyslipidemia.