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Table 3 Time to malignancy diagnosis in the study population

From: Risk of malignancy in kidney transplant recipients: a nationwide population-based cohort study

Malignancy

KT group (n = 12,634)

Control group (n = 12,634)

Head and neck

2.97 (1.81–4.75)

6.70 (3.96–7.94)

Lip

5.12 (5.12 5.12)

6.36 (4.91–7.81)

Digestive

 Esophagus

2.45 (0.57–4.79)

4.49 (3.97–6.30)

 Stomach

3.89 (2.23–5.19)

5.53 (2.93–7.41)

 Colon and rectum

3.87 (2.01–6.13)

4.26 (1.48–6.88)

 Anus

5.31 (5.10–5.52)

NA

 Liver

3.11 (1.31–4.63)

5.16 (2.25–7.52)

 Gallbladder and bile duct

3.97 (1.03–4.88)

4.21 (3.70–4.86)

 Pancreas

1.93 (0.68–4.50)

3.93 (2.94–8.53)

 Lung

3.99 (1.55–5.31)

5.19 (3.01–7.07)

Connective tissue and skin

 Bone and cartilage

2.92 (0.00–5.85)

4.38 (1.76–7.01)

 Melanoma

6.02 (2.82–9.03)

9.81 (3.51–9.82)

 Non-melanoma skin cancer

4.58 (2.88–6.95)

5.19 (3.22–7.11)

 Kaposi’s sarcoma

1.12 (0.84–1.80)

NA

Reproductive and genital tract

 Breast

2.63 (1.53–6.71)

5.47 (4.33–8.22)

 Uterine cervix

3.02 (1.42–5.41)

5.17 (1.45–7.00)

 Uterus

2.72 (0.65–3.72)

7.23 (4.04–7.88)

 Ovary

0.85 (0.51–4.03)

5.81 (1.93–7.85)

 Vulva, vagina

NA

5.23 (2.72–7.73)

 Prostate

2.95 (1.25–5.31)

4.05 (0.00–6.52)

 Testis

1.59 (0.41–2.49)

0.84 (0.84–0.84)

Urinary tract

 Kidney

1.10 (0.16–3.37)

4.82 (0.45–7.10)

 Bladder/urinary tract

3.00 (1.69–5.70)

3.73 (2.87–6.49)

 Brain

4.05 (1.56–4.13)

2.83 (1.78–4.25)

 Thyroid

2.32 (0.90–4.33)

5.15 (3.29–7.21)

Hematopoietic system

 Hodgkin’s lymphoma

1.22 (0.85–1.59)

5.40 (5.23–5.56)

 NHL

4.14 (1.54–5.68)

4.56 (2.47–7.78)

 Multiple myeloma

1.81 (0.93–1.96)

3.81 (1.20–6.51)

 Leukemia

3.30 (2.00–5.85)

4.73 (3.39–7.99)

 Unknown primary

3.87 (1.97–5.56)

4.39 (2.18–6.52)

 Total

2.94 (1.19–5.11)

4.96 (2.70–7.32)

  1. KT kidney transplantation, NA not applicable, NHL Non–Hodgkin’s lymphoma
  2. Data are presented as median (interquartile range), and interval periods to cancer diagnosis were calculated in years