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Table 2 Association between organ-by-organ baseline ESSDAI activity at diagnosis and the risk of development of solid and hematological cancer

From: Characterization and risk estimate of cancer in patients with primary Sjögren syndrome

Variables

Values at diagnosis (n = 1295)a

Solid cancer (n = 70)

Hematological cancer (n = 61)

Baseline DAS

 Low

707 (54.6)

REF

REF

 Moderate

426 (32.9)

1.17 [0.71–1.92]

1.37 [0.73–2.58]

 High

162 (12.5)

0.66 [0.28–1.56]

4.34 [2.35–8.00]

ESSDAI domains†

 Constitutional

115 (8.9)

1.13 [0.48–2.62]

2.44 [1.23–4.87]

 Lymphadenopathy

89 (6.9)

0.39 [0.10–1.60]

8.03 [4.62–13.94]

 Glandular

179 (13.8)

0.35 [0.14–0.87]

3.04 [1.78–5.18]

 Articular

498 (38.5)

0.95 [0.58–1.56]

1.30 [0.78–2.18]

 Cutaneous

131 (10.1)

1.40 [0.70–2.83]

1.10 [0.47–2.57]

 Pulmonary

102 (7.9)

1.58 [0.71–3.48]

1.07 [0.38–2.99]

 Renal

23 (1.8)

1.21 [0.17–8.80]

 Muscular

15 (1.2)

1.57 [0.22–11.4]

 Peripheral nervous system

54 (4.2)

0.59 [0.14–2.45]

 Central nervous system

41 (3.2)

0.44 [0.06–3.22]

 Hematological

447 (34.5)

1.31 [0.81–2.10]

1.36 [0.81–2.26]

 Biological

681 (52.6)

1.32 [0.81–2.15]

2.12 [1.19–3.76]

  1. Values are represented as the HRs (95% CIs)
  2. Set in italics, statistically significant (p < 0.05) ESSDAI domains associated with cancer in the univariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis adjusted for age at diagnosis and gender
  3. REF reference level, ESSDAI EULAR-Sjögren Syndrome Disease Activity Index, DAS disease activity states
  4. aIn 5 patients, there was not enough information to calculate the ESSDAI at diagnosis
  5. ‡Statistically significant (p < 0.05) ESSDAI domains associated with cancer in the multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis adjusted for age at diagnosis and gender
  6. †Level of activity is recoded as no versus any type of activity (low/moderate/high) in the analysis