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Table 2 Gender-specific hazard ratio and 95% confidence interval for liver cancer by metabolic syndrome

From: Metabolic syndrome and its component traits present gender-specific association with liver cancer risk: a prospective cohort study

 

Males

Females

No. of cases/ Person-years

HR (95% CI)a

No. of cases/ Person-years

HR (95% CI)a

Without MetS

54/786,106

Ref

67/1,135,661

Ref

With MetS

121/643,669

1.48 (1.27–1.72)***

34/550,962

1.00 (0.78–1.29)

  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, HR hazard ratio, MetS metabolic syndrome
  2. ***P-value < 0.001
  3. aEstimates were assessed by multivariable adjusted Cox proportional hazards model adjusted for age in years, ethnic, education, index of multiple deprivation (a measure of socio-economic status), alcohol consumption, smoking status, physical activity, portions of fruit and vegetable intake, comorbidities, family history of cancer, menopause status (for the female only) and hormone replacement therapy (for the female only)