Table 3.
The association between wood-burning fireplace and/or stove presence and usage and incident lung cancer, stratified by smoking status1
Never smoker |
Ever (current or former) smoker |
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N cases | HRadj | 95% CI | p-trend | N cases | HRadj | 95% CI | p-trend | |
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Presence of wood-burning stove/fireplace | ||||||||
No (ref) | 6 | -- | --- | 107 | 1.00 | --- | ||
Yes | 52 | -- | -- | 167 | 1.14 | 0.89 - 1.48 | ||
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Used wood as a source of fuel | ||||||||
No (ref) | 28 | 1.00 | --- | 154 | 1.00 | --- | ||
Yes | 30 | 1.62 | 0.95 - 2.75 | 120 | 1.38 | 1.08 - 1.77 | ||
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Annual wood-burning fireplace/stove use | ||||||||
No fireplace/stove or zero use (ref) | 20 | 1.00 | --- | 0.08 | 135 | 1.00 | --- | 0.003 |
1-29 days used/year | 21 | 1.64 | 0.87 - 3.10 | 63 | 0.99 | 0.73 – 1.35 | ||
At least 1 month used/year | 17 | 1.99 | 1.02 – 3.89 | 76 | 1.54 | 1.15 – 2.07 |
Adjusted for race/ethnicity (NH black, NH white, Hispanic/other), education (HS or less, some college, Bachelors or above), urban status at longest-lived residence (urban, suburban, rural/small town), marital status (single, married, previously married), income status (<$50,000, $50,000-$99,999, $100,000+), total years exposed to environmental tobacco smoke P-for-heterogeneity (used wood as fuel source) = 0.64; p-for-heterogeneity (annual wood-burning fireplace/stove usage) = 0.40