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. 2022 Jul 2;21:56. doi: 10.1186/s12944-022-01666-2

Table 2.

Incidence rates and hazard ratios of cancer risk

Exposure of interest Number of Events Incidence Rate per 1,000 Person-years (95% CI) Crude Hazard Ratio (95% CI)
Any type of cancer
 General Population (reference) 485 9.96 (9.11–10.9) 1.00
 Mutation-carrying HeFH relatives 30 11.3 (7.89–16.1) 1.18 (0.81–1.71)
 Nonmutation-carrying HeFH relatives 12 4.81 (2.73–8.47) 0.45 (0.26–0.80)
 Comparison of relativesa 2.39 (1.24–4.61)
All-cause mortality
 General Population (reference) 563 10.8 (9.98–11.8) 1.00
 Mutation-carrying HeFH relatives 22 7.61 (5.01–11.6) 0.70 (0.46–1.07)
 Nonmutation-carrying HeFH relatives 18 7.04 (4.44–11.2) 0.65 (0.40–1.03)
 Comparison of relativesa 1.08 (0.58–2.02)

CI Confidence Interval, HeFH Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

a Cox regression analyses comparing the two groups of relatives with nonmutation-carrying HeFH relatives as a reference