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. 2020 Sep 30;25(3):164–172. doi: 10.15430/JCP.2020.25.3.164

Table 3.

HR of hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer’s subsite in the gallstone and cholecystectomy group

Variable Lag
period (yr)
PY Intrahepatic bile
duct cancer
Gallbladder cancer Extrahepatic bile
duct cancer
Ampulla of Vater cancer




Event HRa (95% CI) Event HRb (95% CI) Event HRc (95% CI) Event HRb (95% CI)
Gallstone
No lag period 76,200 41 2.32 (1.56-3.44) 84 3.60 (2.54-5.09) 32 2.81 (1.75-4.53) 7 1.81 (0.67-4.91)
1 year of lag 61,232 25 2.49 (1.64-3.78) 25 2.79 (1.82-4.27) 11 1.86 (0.99-3.50) 3 1.66 (0.53-5.21)
3 year of lag 37,102 11 1.84 (1.01-3.34) 13 1.97 (1.06-3.69) 6 1.46 (0.60-3.53) 3 2.67 (0.85-8.40)
5 year of lag 19,879 9 2.67 (0.98-4.17) 5 1.06 (0.34-3.29) 3 1.03 (0.26-4.14) 2 1.59 (0.22-11.38)
Cholecystectomy
No lag period 42,843 16 2.68 (1.63-4.40) 30 2.07 (1.14-3.75) 14 2.66 (1.44-4.89) 5 4.25 (0.74-10.40)
1 year of lag 34,156 15 2.86 (1.68-4.85) 7 1.60 (0.76-3.347) 6 1.41 (0.58-3.44) 4 4.16 (0.54-11.24)
3 year of lag 20,296 11 2.92 (1.51-5.64) 1 0.36 (0.05-2.57) 4 1.30 (0.41-5.90) 2 3.33 (0.83-13.45)
5 year of lag 10,618 7 4.08 (1.94-8.61) 0 - 3 1.46 (0.36-5.90) 1 3.02 (0.42-21.59)

HR, hazard ratio; PY, person year. aAdjusted sex, fatty liver disease. bAdjusted sex, diabetes. cAjusted sex, cirrhosis.