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Table 5 Subgroup analyses of overall cancer risk in patients on dialysis

From: Incidence of major urological cancers in patients on dialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Characteristic

All cancers except NMSC

Kidney cancers

Bladder cancers

Prostate cancers

SIRs (95% CI)

Heterogeneity

SIRs (95% CI)

Heterogeneity

SIRs (95% CI)

Heterogeneity

SIRs (95% CI)

Heterogeneity

I2 (%)

P-valuea

I2 (%)

P-valuea

I2 (%)

P-valuea

I2 (%)

P-valuea

Ethnicity

Asian

1.54 (1.33–1.78)

45

0.178

8.22 (3.58–18.87)

85.6

0.008

2.75 (1.67–4.53)

0

0.71

0.27 (0.10–0.73)

0

0.971

Non-Asian

1.37 (1.23–1.53)

95.5

<0.001

4.30 (3.59–5.14)

96

<0.001

1.83 (1.56–2.15)

92.6

<0.001

0.97 (0.82–1.15)

93.4

<0.001

Gender

Men

1.37(1.21–1.56)

86.6

<0.001

2.66 (2.01–3.51)

0

0.803

1.48 (1.22–1.81)

0

0.606

0.94 (0.79–1.11)

92.1

<0.001

Women

1.48(1.30–1.68)

94.1

<0.001

4.98 (2.32–10.67)

63.6

0.064

4.19 (2.14–8.22)

57

0.127

NA

NA

NA

Age

0–34

4.09(2.59–6.47)

93

<0.001

38.04 (18.46–78.39)

86

0.001

16.26 (5.27–50.19)

84.4

0.002

NA

NA

NA

35–64

1.88(1.41–2.50)

96.9

<0.001

5.50 (4.20–7.21)

94

<0.001

2.59 (1.66–4.06)

97.6

<0.001

NA

NA

NA

>64

1.21(1.11–1.32)

78.2

0.003

3.07 (2.10–4.49)

90.3

<0.001

1.37 (1.07–1.75)

86.1

0.001

NA

NA

NA

Follow-up time

(years)

1

2.16 (1.53–3.04)

99

<0.001

8.16 (4.45–14.96)

96.8

<0.001

2.33 (1.47–3.67)

95.4

<0.001

NA

NA

NA

2

1.47 (1.22–1.77)

95.4

<0.001

3.97 (2.87–5.50)

74.4

0.004

1.51 (1.36–1.67)

0

0.58

NA

NA

NA

3–5

1.32 (1.07–1.63)

96.8

<0.001

4.15 (2.94–5.86)

86.9

<0.001

1.92 (1.29–2.86)

92.7

<0.001

NA

NA

NA

>5

1.03 (0.81–1.30)

96.9

<0.001

6.29 (3.74–10.58)

77.8

0.001

1.91 (0.96–3.79)

93.6

<0.001

NA

NA

NA

Primary renal disease

Diabetic nephropathy

1.07 (0.88–1.31)

94.2

<0.001

2.07 (1.36–3.16)

70.9

0.016

0.89 (0.77–1.03)

0

0.472

NA

NA

NA

Glomerulon-ephritis

1.53 (1.34–1.75)

87.3

<0.001

5.03 (3.52–7.18)

87.3

0.001

1.43 (0.82–2.49)

87.3

<0.001

NA

NA

NA

Hypertensive & arteriopathy

1.35 (0.78–2.34)

93.2

<0.001

3.44 (2.18–5.44)

83.5

<0.001

1.76 (1.03-3.00)

92

<0.001

NA

NA

NA

All other and unknown

1.53 (1.23–1.90)

67.7

0.026

6.56 (3.90-11.05)

58.0

0.068

2.38 (1.61–3.50)

0

0.446

NA

NA

NA