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Table 2 Incidence rates and hazard ratios of cancer risk

From: Long-term cancer risk in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia relatives: a 25-year cohort study

Exposure of interest

Number of Events

Incidence Rate per 1,000 Person-years (95% CI)

Crude Hazard Ratio (95% CI)

Any type of cancer

 General Population (reference)

485

9.96 (9.11–10.9)

1.00

 Mutation-carrying HeFH relatives

30

11.3 (7.89–16.1)

1.18 (0.81–1.71)

 Nonmutation-carrying HeFH relatives

12

4.81 (2.73–8.47)

0.45 (0.26–0.80)

 Comparison of relativesa

2.39 (1.24–4.61)

All-cause mortality

 General Population (reference)

563

10.8 (9.98–11.8)

1.00

 Mutation-carrying HeFH relatives

22

7.61 (5.01–11.6)

0.70 (0.46–1.07)

 Nonmutation-carrying HeFH relatives

18

7.04 (4.44–11.2)

0.65 (0.40–1.03)

 Comparison of relativesa

1.08 (0.58–2.02)

  1. CI Confidence Interval, HeFH Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia
  2. a Cox regression analyses comparing the two groups of relatives with nonmutation-carrying HeFH relatives as a reference