Overall number of events, rates per 10 000 person years, crude and adjusted hazard ratios for coeliac cohort compared with control cohort (reference group)


Overall

First year of follow up after diagnosis

Follow up beyond year after diagnosis

Condition and cohort

No of participants*

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted hazard ratio{dagger} (95% CI)

No of events

Rate/10 000 years

Adjusted hazard ratio{dagger} (95% CI)

No of events

Rate/10 000 years

Adjusted hazard ratio{dagger} (95% CI)

Any malignancy:













*





Control

23 433

1

1

111

52.7

1

395

56.5

1

Coeliac disease

4695

1.29 (1.06 to 1.55)

1.31 (1.08 to 1.59)

44

104.2

2.07 (1.45 to 2.96)

87

62.2

1.10 (0.87 to 1.39)

Gastrointestinal cancer:



















Control

23 605

1

1

14

6.6

1

64

9.0

1.00

Coeliac disease

4724

1.85 (1.22 to 2.81)

1.95 (1.27 to 3.00)

9

21.1

3.31 (1.40 to 7.83)

20

14.1

1.65 (0.99 to 2.76)

Breast cancer:



















Control

23 562

1

1

24

11.3

1

87

12.3

1

Coeliac disease

4725

0.35 (0.17 to 0.72)

0.31 (0.15 to 0.63)

3

7.0

0.60 (0.18 to 2.04)

5

3.5

0.24 (0.10 to 0.60)

Lung cancer:



















Control

23 616

1

1

14

6.6

1

43

6.0

1

Coeliac disease

4728

0.34 (0.13 to 0.95)

0.37 (0.13 to 1.02)

1

2.3

0.40 (0.05 to 3.09)

3

2.1

0.37 (0.11 to 1.20)

Lymphoproliferative disease:



















Control

23 612

1

1

6

2.8

1

17

2.4

1

Coeliac disease

4724

4.80 (2.71 to 8.50)

4.27 (2.36 to 7.74)

11

25.8

7.32 (2.65 to 20.24)

12

8.4

3.40 (1.58 to 7.34)

Prostate cancer:



















Control

23 614

1

1

4

1.9

1

25

3.5

1

Coeliac disease

4730

0.99 (0.41 to 2.38)

1.05 (0.42 to 2.57)

1

2.3

1.30 (0.14 to 12.19)

5

3.5

1.03 (0.38 to 2.76)

Mortality:



















Control

23 609

1

1

184

86.7

1

697

98.0

1

Coeliac disease

4728

1.31 (1.13 to 1.51)

1.39 (1.20 to 1.61)

73

171.0

2.09 (1.59 to 2.76)

163

114.6

1.23 (1.04 to 1.47)

* Numbers vary as participants with event on same date or before start of follow up were excluded.

{dagger} Adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, and smoking status.




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