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. 2020 Nov 18;13:1756284820967275. doi: 10.1177/1756284820967275

Table 3.

Risk factors of malignancies among all thiopurine users: univariate and multivariate Cox regression model.

Univariate model
Multivariate model
HR (95% CI) p value HR (95% CI) p value
Age in year 1.05 (1.04–1.05) <0.001 1.05 (1.04–1.05) <0.001
Male sex 1.45 (1.25–1.69) <0.001 1.24 (1.05–1.45) 0.010
Indications:
 IBD (Reference) (Reference)
 Rheumatological Disease 1.38 (0.87–2.18) 0.175 0.53 (0.32–0.88) 0.014
 Post-Transplantation 2.21 (1.58–3.09) <0.001 1.69 (1.13–2.51) 0.010
 Others 1.25 (0.90–1.73) 0.185 0.91 (0.64–1.28) 0.597
Concomitant Drug Usage among all thiopurine users:
 Anti-TNFs 0.33 (0.15–0.74) 0.007 0.43 (0.19–1.01) 0.054
 Cyclosporin 1.32 (1.13–1.54) <0.001 1.04 (0.84–1.30) 0.715
 Methotrexate 1.31 (1.03–1.68) 0.030 2.09 (1.58–2.77) <0.001
 Tacrolimus 0.98 (0.78–1.25) 0.886 1.07 (0.82–1.40) 0.603
 Mycophenolate 0.77 (0.64–0.92) 0.004 0.87 (0.72–1.09) 0.256

CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; SIR, standardized incidence ratio; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.