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Table 2 Incidence of pancreatic cancer, age-adjusted relative risk (RR) and 95 % confidence interval (CI) by selected characteristics

From: Gestational diabetes as a risk factor for pancreatic cancer: a prospective cohort study

  

Pancreatic cancer

  

Characteristic

 

-

+

RR

95% CI

Number of women

 

37872

54

  

Birthplace of woman

Born abroad

20136

33

1

 
 

Born in Israel

17736

21

1

0.6–1.8

Maternal father's country of birth

Israel

5535

4

0.4

0.1–1.2

 

Other West Asia

10720

21

0.9

0.5–1.7

 

North Africa

8136

6

0.4

0.2–0.9

 

Europe

13481

23

1

 

Social class

High

12141

9

1

 
 

Middle

14099

23

2.1

1.0–4.5

 

Low

11632

22

1.7

0.8–3.7

Birth order at last observed birth

1–2

17664

13

1

 
 

3+

20208

41

1.3

0.7–2.6

Heart disease in any observed birth

No

37598

51

1

 
 

Yes

274

3

7.3

2.3–23.4

Preeclampsia in any observed birth

No

36774

51

1

 
 

Yes

1098

3

1.4

0.4–4.7

Offspring ≥ 4000 g at birth in any observed birth

No

33529

43

1

 
 

Yes

4343

11

1.7

0.9–3.3

Offspring < 2500 g at birth in any observed birth

No

33679

45

1

 
 

Yes

4193

9

1.7

0.8–3.5

Offspring with congenital malformations in any observed birth

No

35016

48

1

 
 

Yes

2856

6

1.6

0.7–3.8