Cancer risk in individuals with intellectual disability in Sweden: A population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A knowledge gap exists about the risk of cancer in individuals with intellectual disability (ID). The primary aim of this study was to estimate the cancer risk among individuals with ID compared to individuals without ID.

Methods and findings

We conducted a population-based cohort study of all children live-born in Sweden between 1974 and 2013 and whose mothers were born in a Nordic country. All individuals were followed from birth until cancer diagnosis, emigration, death, or 31 December 2016 (up to age 43 years), whichever came first. Incident cancers were identified from the Swedish Cancer Register. We fitted Cox regression models to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) as measures of cancer risk in relation to ID after adjusting for

SUBMITTER: Liu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8568154 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature