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Table 4 Distribution of cardiovascular and other comorbidities among CRC cases and non-cases in 2002 and 2014

From: Trends in the contemporary incidence of colorectal cancer and patient characteristics in the United Kingdom: a population-based cohort study using The Health Improvement Network

 

CRC cases

 

p-value

Non-cases

 

p-value

2002 (N = 921)

2014 (N = 1330)

% change

 

2002 (N = 1,125,723)

2014 (N = 1,756,868)

% change

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

IHD

92 (10.0)

74 (5.6)

−4.4

< 0.001

73,352 (6.5)

48,806 (2.8)

−3.7

< 0.001

Hypertension

225 (24.4)

435 (32.7)

+ 8.3

< 0.001

176,647 (15.7)

339,158 (19.3)

+ 3.6

< 0.001

Hypercholesterolaemia

35 (3.8)

70 (5.3)

+ 1.5

0.106

37,220 (3.3)

82,270 (4.7)

+ 1.4

< 0.001

DVT/PE

33 (3.6)

37 (2.8)

−0.8

0.282

20,408 (1.8)

27,139 (1.5)

−0.3

< 0.001

Heart failure

30 (3.3)

30 (2.3)

−1.0

0.147

17,086 (1.5)

16,112 (0.9)

−0.6

< 0.001

Atrial fibrillation

33 (3.6)

82 (6.2)

+ 2.6

0.006

20,783 (1.8)

36,865 (2.1)

+ 0.3

< 0.001

MI

16 (1.7)

25 (1.9)

+ 0.2

0.804

15,651 (1.4)

17,206 (1.0)

−0.4

< 0.001

Ischaemic stroke

12 (1.3)

20 (1.5)

+ 0.2

0.692

12,953 (1.2)

17,983 (1.0)

−0.2

< 0.001

TIA

15 (1.6)

23 (1.7)

+ 0.1

0.855

12,642 (1.1)

15,200 (0.9)

−0.2

< 0.001

Haemorrhagic stroke

3 (0.3)

5 (0.4)

+ 0.1

0.844

1418 (0.1)

2370 (0.1)

0.0

0.041

Anaemia

53 (5.8)

77 (5.8)

0.0

0.972

24,250 (2.2)

47,283 (2.7)

+ 0.5

< 0.001

Diabetes

79 (8.6)

231 (17.4)

+ 8.8

< 0.001

60,930 (5.4)

155,718 (8.9)

+ 6.5

< 0.001

Depression

66 (7.2)

86 (6.5)

−0.7

0.515

106,405 (9.5)

171,204 (9.7)

+ 0.2

< 0.001

COPD

44 (4.8)

93 (7.0)

+ 2.2

0.031

24,696 (2.2)

64,071 (3.6)

+ 1.4

< 0.001

Asthma

92 (10.0)

157 (11.8)

+ 1.8

0.177

78,615 (7.0)

199,049 (11.3)

+4.3

< 0.001

Osteoarthritis

146 (15.9)

196 (14.7)

−1.2

0.468

123,356 (11.0)

157,758 (9.0)

−2.0

< 0.001

Rheumatoid arthritis

13 (1.4)

14 (1.1)

−0.3

0.442

10,383 (0.9)

18,234 (1.0)

+ 0.1

< 0.001

  1. CRC colorectal cancer, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, DVT deep vein thrombosis, IHD ischaemic heart disease, MI myocardial infarction, PE pulmonary embolism, TIA transient ischaemic attack