Research Article
The Influence of Type 2 Diabetes and Glucose-Lowering Therapies on Cancer Risk in the Taiwanese
Table 2
Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for specific types of cancer associated with type 2 diabetes.
| Site-specific cancer | Patients with type 2 diabetes | Subjects without diabetes | Adjusted odds ratio | value | () | (8) | (95% CI) | | Cases | % | Cases | % | | | |
| Breast | 665 | 2.20 | 4042 | 1.16 | 1.111 | (1.018–1.212) | 0.018 | Prostate | 587 | 1.86 | 2223 | 0.68 | 1.137 | (1.036–1.249) | 0.007 | Colon | 1739 | 1.98 | 7219 | 1.07 | 1.206 | (1.142–1.274) | <0.001 | Lung | 1226 | 2.81 | 4281 | 0.63 | 1.296 | (1.214–1.384) | <0.001 | Liver | 1528 | 2.47 | 5558 | 0.82 | 1.582 | (1.491–1.680) | <0.001 | Stomach | 523 | 0.85 | 2700 | 0.40 | 0.920 | (0.836–1.012) | 0.088 | Pancreas | 286 | 0.46 | 731 | 0.11 | 2.038 | (1.768–2.349) | <0.001 |
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Subjects without diabetes as reference and adjustment for sex and age.
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