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. 2021 Oct 19;375:n2305. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n2305

Table 5.

Excess risk and standardised incidence ratios of urogenital, colorectal, and neurological cancers in 75 983 patients with a first diagnosis of acute urinary retention

Cancer site Follow-up period
0 to <3 months 3 to <12 months 1 to 5 years
O/E Excess risk per 1000 PY (95% CI) SIR (95% CI) O/E Excess risk per 1000 PY (95% CI) SIR (95% CI) O/E Excess risk per 1000 PY (95% CI) SIR (95% CI)
Urinary tract: 1025/49 56 (54 to 58) 21.1 (19.9 to 22.5) 354/127 5 (4 to 6) 2.8 (2.5 to 3.1) 497/454 0 (0 to 1) 1.1 (1.0 to 1.2)
 Women 114/3 36 (32 to 39) 40.5 (33.4 to 48.7) 32/8 3 (2 to 4) 4.2 (2.9 to 5.9) 52/28 1 (0 to 2) 1.9 (1.4 to 2.5)
 Men 911/46 61 (59 to 63) 19.9 (18.7 to 21.3) 322/119 5 (5 to 6) 2.7 (2.4 to 3.0) 445/426 0 (−1 to 1) 1.0 (1.0 to 1.2)
Bladder (invasive cancer): 434/20 24 (23 to 25) 22.2 (20.1 to 24.3) 149/51 2 (2 to 3) 2.9 (2.5 to 3.4) 228/181 0 (0 to 1) 1.3 (1.1 to 1.4)
 Women 62/1 20 (17 to 22) 63.2 (48.5 to 81.1) 14/3 1 (1 to 2) 5.3 (2.9 to 8.9) 29/10 1 (0 to 1) 3.0 (2.0 to 4.4)
 Men 372/19 25 (23 to 26) 20.0 (18.0 to 22.1) 135/48 2 (2 to 3) 2.8 (2.4 to 3.3) 199/171 0 (0 to 1) 1.2 (1.0 to 1.3)
Bladder (non-invasive cancer): 413/18 23 (22 to 24) 22.4 (20.3 to 24.7) 129/48 2 (1 to 2) 2.7 (2.2 to 3.2) 140/172 0 (−1 to 0) 0.8 (0.7 to 1.0)
 Women 30/1 9 (8 to 11) 38.3 (25.8 to 54.7) 10/2 1 (0 to 2) 4.7 (2.2 to 8.6) 5/8 0 (0 to 0) 0.6 (0.2 to 1.5)
 Men 383/18 26 (24 to 27) 21.7 (19.6 to 24.0) 119/46 2 (1 to 3) 2.6 (2.2 to 3.1) 135/164 0 (−1 to 0) 0.8 (0.7 to 1.0)
Kidney: 130/8 7 (6 to 8) 16.3 (13.6 to 19.4) 57/21 1 (0 to 1) 2.7 (2.0 to 3.5) 108/77 0 (0 to 0) 1.4 (1.2 to 1.7)
 Women 15/1 5 (3 to 6) 19.2 (10.7 to 31.7) 6/2 0 (0 to 1) 2.8 (1.0 to 6.1) 13/8 0 (0 to 1) 1.7 (0.9 to 2.9)
 Men 115/7 8 (7 to 8) 16.0 (13.2 to 19.2) 51/19 1 (0 to 1) 2.7 (2.0 to 3.5) 95/69 0 (0 to 1) 1.4 (1.1 to 1.7)
Renal pelvis* 23/1 1 (1 to 2) 17.2 (10.9 to 25.9) 12/3 0 (0 to 0) 3.5 (1.8 to 6.1) 7/12 0 (0 to 0) 0.6 (0.2 to 1.2)
Genitals:
 Women 80/5 24 (21 to 27) 15.9 (12.6 to 19.8) 19/14 1 (0 to 2) 1.4 (0.8 to 2.2) 42/50 0 (−1 to 1) 0.8 (0.6 to 1.1)
 Men 3216/94 219 (215 to 222) 34.0 (32.9 to 35.2) 1039/248 21 (20 to 23) 4.2 (3.9 to 4.5) 1005/913 1 (0 to 2) 1.1 (1.0 to 1.2)
Colorectum: 273/63 12 (11 to 13) 4.3 (3.8 to 4.9) 170/165 0 (−1 to 1) 1.0 (0.9 to 1.2) 532/594 0 (−1 to 0) 0.9 (0.8 to 1.0)
 Women 29/8 7 (5 to 9) 3.5 (2.4 to 5.1) 32/22 1 (0 to 3) 1.4 (1.0 to 2.0) 72/80 0 (−2 to 1) 0.9 (0.7 to 1.1)
 Men 244/55 13 (12 to 14) 4.5 (3.9 to 5.1) 138/143 0 (−1 to 1) 1.0 (0.8 to 1.1) 460/514 0 (−1 to 0) 0.9 (0.8 to 1.0)
Nervous system: 46/10 2 (2 to 2) 4.7 (3.4 to 6.2) 29/26 0 (0 to 0) 1.1 (0.7 to 1.6) 114/97 0 (0 to 0) 1.2 (1.0 to 1.4)
 Women 11/2 3 (2 to 4) 6.2 (3.1 to 11.2) 7/5 0 (0 to 1) 1.4 (0.6 to 2.9) 19/18 0 (−1 to 1) 1.0 (0.6 to 1.6)
 Men 35/8 2 (1 to 2) 4.3 (3.0 to 6.0) 22/21 0 (0 to 0) 1.0 (0.6 to 1.6) 95/79 0 (0 to 0) 1.2 (1.0 to 1.5)

O/E=observed/expected; PY=person years; SIR=standardised incidence ratio.

*

Numbers were too few to separate by sex.