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Table 2 Incidence risk of cancer for patients with moderate/severe TBI compared with patients with mild TBI

From: New diagnosis of cancer in mild and moderate/severe traumatic brain injury patients in a 12-year population-based study

 

Before matching

After matching

Variables

Mild TBI

Moderate/

severe TBI

Adjusted* HR

(95% CI)

p value

Mild TBI

Moderate/severe TBI

Adjusted* HR

(95% CI)

p value

Cancer (%)

Cancer (%)

Cancer (%)

Cancer (%)

Overall

710 (4.1)

753 (4.2)

1.14(1.03–1.27)

0.0127

608(4.1)

610(4.1)

1.11(0.99–1.24)

0.0751

Sex

 Male

436 (4.4)

506 (4.2)

1.11(0.97–1.26)

0.1241

406(4.4)

377(4.1)

1.04(0.90–1.19)

0.6173

 Female

274 (3.7)

247 (4.1)

1.21(1.02–1.44)

0.0316

202(3.5)

233(4.1)

1.25(1.03–1.51)

0.0219

Age

 20–35

92 (1.3)

70 (1.1)

1.08(0.79–1.48)

0.6143

67 (1.1)

60(1.0)

1.19(0.84–1.68)

0.3393

 36–45

167 (4.4)

130 (3.5)

0.98(0.78–1.24)

0.8703

133(4.2)

108(3.4)

0.98(0.76–1.26)

0.8518

 46–55

235 (6.4)

288 (6.9)

1.35(1.13–1.60)

0.0008

211(6.3)

252(7.5)

1.29(1.07–1.55)

0.0069

 55–65

216 (8.7)

265 (7.4)

1.06(0.89–1.28)

0.5118

197(8.2)

190(7.9)

0.97(0.80–1.19)

0.7947

Comorbidity

 HTN

142 (8.3)

159 (6.4)

0.98(0.78–1.23)

0.8546

129(8.1)

118(6.4)

0.92(0.71–1.18)

0.5035

 DM

85 (7.8)

91 (5.9)

0.92(0.68–1.24)

0.5605

80(8)

68(6.1)

0.92(0.67–1.28)

0.6340

 Hyperlipidemia

67 (6.1)

70 (5.2)

1.06(0.75–1.50)

0.7403

57(5.7)

56(5.7)

1.13(0.78–1.64)

0.5106

 CAD

29 (5.0)

51 (6.8)

1.51(0.95–2.41)

0.0839

28(5.3)

41(7.1)

1.48(0.91–2.40)

0.1151

 Renal disease

11 (5.9)

31 (8.0)

2.17(1.08–4.36)

0.0303

8(4.8)

27(9.7)

2.49(1.11–5.58)

0.0273

 Stroke

25 (6.4)

57 (5.7)

1.10(0.68–1.76)

0.7254

23(6.3)

36(4.9)

1.01(0.59–1.71)

0.9787

  1. TBI traumatic brain injury, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, HTN hypertension, DM diabetes mellitus, CAD coronary artery disease