Table 3 SIRs and 95% CIs for a cancer diagnosis in patients with a diagnosis of epistaxis or haemoptysis, Denmark 1995–2013
From: Risk of cancer in patients with epistaxis and haemoptysis
| Follow-up time | All cancers | Haematological cancers | Immune-related cancers | Smoking and alcohol-related cancers | All other sites | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epistaxis | Obs/Exp | SIR (95% CI) | Obs/Exp | SIR (95% CI) | Obs/Exp | SIR (95% CI) | Obs/Exp | SIR (95% CI) | Obs/Exp | SIR (95% CI) |
| Overall | 9173/7737 | 1.19 (1.16, 1.21) | 573/436 | 1.31 (1.21, 1.42) | 2460/2313 | 1.06 (..02, 1.11) | 3500/2706 | 1.29 (1.25, 1.34) | 2640/2282 | 1.16 (1.11, 1.20) |
| 0 to 90 days | 743/155 | 1.85 (1.69, 2.02) | 86/15 | 5.78 (4.62, 7.14) | 86/71 | 1.21 (0.97, 1.49) | 148/94 | 1.58 (1.34, 1.86) | 153/76 | 2.01 (1.70, 2.36) |
| 91 days to 365 days | 893/736 | 1.21 (1.13, 1.29) | 74/43 | 1.73 (1.36, 2.17) | 237/206 | 1.15 (1.01, 1.31) | 337/269 | 1.25 (1.12, 1.39) | 245/219 | 1.12 (0.98, 1.27) |
| >1 to 5 years | 3642/3085 | 1.18 (1.14, 1.22) | 207/176 | 1.17 (1.02, 1.35) | 950/885 | 1.07 (1.01, 1.14) | 1415/1106 | 1.28 (1.21, 1.35) | 1070/917 | 1.17 (1.10, 1.24) |
| >5–14 years | 4165/3660 | 1.14 (1.10, 1.17) | 206/203 | 1.02 (0.88, 1.17) | 1187/1150 | 1.03 (0.97, 1.09) | 1600/1237 | 1.29 (1.23, 1.36) | 1172/1070 | 1.10 (1.03, 1.16) |
| Haemoptysis | ||||||||||
| Overall | 2582/1540 | 1.68 (1.61, 1.74) | 127/84 | 1.51 (1.26, 1.79) | 483/466 | 1.04 (0.95, 1.13) | 1449/521 | 2.78 (2.64, 2.93) | 523/468 | 1.12 (1.02, 1.22) |
| 0 to 90 days | 695/48 | 14.6 (13.5, 15.7) | 19/3 | 7.03 (4.23, 11.0) | 9/14 | 0.66 (0.30, 1.26) | 611/17 | 36.3 (33.5, 39.3) | 56/15 | 3.86 (2.91, 5.01) |
| 91 days to 365 days | 232/136 | 1.70 (1.49, 1.94) | 14/8 | 1.82 (0.99, 3.05) | 42/39 | 1.08 (0.78, 1.46) | 129/48 | 2.69 (2.25, 3.20) | 47/42 | 1.13 (0.83, 1.50) |
| >1 to 5 years | 750/596 | 1.26 (1.17, 1.35) | 37/33 | 1.11 (0.78, 1.54) | 191/175 | 1.09 (0.94, 1.26) | 318/206 | 1.54 (1.38, 1.72) | 204/182 | 1.12 (0.97, 1.28) |
| >5–14 years | 905/760 | 1.19 (1.11, 1.27) | 57/41 | 1.40 (1.06, 1.82) | 241/239 | 1.01 (0.88, 1.14) | 391/251 | 1.56 (1.41, 1.72) | 216/229 | 0.94 (0.82, 1.08) |
