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Copyright ©2013 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Jun 7, 2013; 19(21): 3241-3248
Published online Jun 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i21.3241
Table 1 Participant characteristics of colorectal cancer cases at enrollment in the Colon Cancer Family Registry according to self-reported diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease n (%)
CharacteristicsInflammatory bowel disease
P value
NoYes
(n = 6952)(n = 250)
Age at CRC diagnosis (yr)< 0.001
< 471731 (25)98 (39)
47-551791 (26)68 (27)
56-651803 (26)42 (17)
> 651627 (23)42 (17)
Female3515 (51)133 (53)  0.4
Lifetime endoscopies< 0.001
None or one2697 (39)40 (16)
Two2004 (29)51 (20)
Three or more2251 (32)159 (64)
Colon CFR recruitment phase  0.4
I (1997-2001)4310 (62)161 (64)
II (2002-2009)2642 (38)89 (36)
Colon CFR center< 0.01
Ontario, Canada1775 (26)89 (36)
Southern California, United States1551 (22)39 (16)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia718 (10)20 (8)
Hawaii, United States348 (5)6 (2)
Mayo Clinic, MI, United States499 (7)16 (6)
Seattle, WA, United States2061 (30)80 (32)
Education1  0.8
Secondary or less3367 (49)123 (50)
More than secondary3518 (51)124 (50)
Cigarette smoking history12  0.02
Never3022 (44)130 (52)
Current1259 (18)44 (18)
Former2650 (38)75 (30)
Race1< 0.01
White5033 (74)200 (83)
Other1769 (26)42 (17)
BMI (kg/m2)12< 0.01
≤ 23.61685 (25)85 (34)
23.7-26.51710 (25)59 (24)
26.6-30.31726 (25)51 (21)
≥ 30.41739 (25)53 (21)
Regular NSAID user12  0.7
Yes2719 (40)95 (39)
No4159 (60)151 (61)
1st degree family history of CRC1495 (22)35 (14)< 0.01
Tumor site< 0.01
Proximal colon2346 (34)109 (44)
Distal colon or rectum4276 (62)136 (54)
Overlapping/not specified328 (5)5 (2)
Microsatellite instability1  0.1
None or low3743 (88)150 (87)
High507 (12)22 (12)
CRC stage at diagnosis13  0.4
Local3088 (47)110 (46)
Regional2441 (37)98 (40)
Distant1080 (16)34 (14)
Table 2 Adjusted hazard ratios and 95%CI for death, either with complete available time-at-risk or with follow-up ended 5 years after colorectal cancer diagnosis
nDeathsaHR1 (95%CI)nDeathsaHR2 (95%CI)nDeathsaHR13 (95%CI)
Complete follow-up
No IBD69522013Ref.65671926Ref.38361322Ref.
IBD250741.08 (0.85-1.36)242711.09 (0.85-1.40)81261.20 (0.81-1.79)
P value0.540.480.36
5-yr follow-up
No IBD69031372Ref.65261320Ref.3801871Ref.
IBD249631.36 (1.05-1.76)241601.34 (1.02-1.77)81241.52 (1.00-2.30)
P value0.0180.0370.048