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. 2021 Mar 23;37(2):460–467. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2020.259

Table 2.

Incidence rate of all cancers in patients with and without gout (controls)

Variable Control group Patients with gout IRR


IR 95% CI IR 95% CI
Overall cancers 1,001.7 986.5–1,017.2 1,082.8 1,067.0–1,098.9 1.08

Head and neck cancer 15.0 13.3–17.0 15.9 14.1–17.9 1.06

Esophageal cancer 7.4 6.2–8.9 10.5 9.0–12.2 1.41

Stomach cancer 106.9 102.0–112.0 119.6 114.4–125.0 1.12

Colon cancer 106.3 101.4–111.4 121.0 115.8–126.5 1.14

Liver cancer 108.0 103.1–113.2 122.7 117.4–128.2 1.14

Pancreatic cancer 43.7 40.6–47.0 51.1 47.8–54.7 1.17

Lung cancer 89.8 85.3–94.5 98.6 93.9–103.5 1.10

Skin cancer 4.2 3.3–5.3 3.5 2.7–4.5 0.84

Breast cancer 21.2 19.1–23.6 22.2 20.0–24.6 1.05

Cervical cancer 5.4 4.4–6.6 4.5 3.6–5.6 0.83

Endometrial cancer 2.9 2.2–3.8 4.0 3.2–5.1 1.40

Ovarian cancer 6.2 5.1–7.5 9.5 8.1–11.1 1.53

Renal cancer 21.6 19.4–24.0 30.5 27.9–33.3 1.41

Prostate cancer 198.5 191.7–205.4 180.7 174.3–187.4 0.91

Bladder cancer 29.1 26.6–31.8 34.3 31.6–37.3 1.18

Thyroid cancer 67.1 63.2–71.2 72.7 68.7–76.9 1.08

Lymphoma 12.3 10.7–14.1 13.1 11.5–15.0 1.07

Leukemia 11.0 9.5–12.8 10.9 9.4–12.6 0.99

IR, incidence rate; CI, confidence interval; IRR, incidence rate ratio.