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. 2024 May 17;103(20):e38197. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000038197

Table 1.

Characteristics of the included studies.

Study ID Country Number of cases
(female)
Number of controls
(female)
Age
mean ± SD
(cases) yr
Age
mean ± SD
(controls)
Lung cancer confirmation Allergic rhinitis confirmation Patient recruitment period
Osann et al
2000
[16]
United States 98 (98) 204 (204) 61.7 62.6 Histologically Self-report (Interview) July 1990-June 1993
Schabath et al
2005
[17]
United States 1553 (736) 1375 (675) 61.8 ± 10.7 61.2 ± 9.7 Histologically Self-report (Interview) August 1995-June 2003
Gorlova et al 2006 [15]
United States 280 (189) 242 (177) 60.2 ± 12.7 61.9 ± 10.9 Histologically Self-report (Interview) September 1995-December 2003
Wang et al 2006[19] Germany 196 (UD) 4271 (UD) 63.8 ± 6.8 61.8 ± 6.6 Histologically IgE diagnosis June 2000-December 2002
Wu et al 2007[20]
United States 977 (453) 977 (453) 62.0 ± 9.8 61.2 ± 9.6 Histologically NR NR
Spitz et al 2011[18] United States 451 (304) 508 (318) 61.6 ± 13.0 56.6 ± 13.1 Histologically NR NR
El-Zein et al 2014[14] Canada 1169 (458) 1486 (606) Men: 64.1 ± 7.9
Women: 61.5 ± 9.3
Men: 65.0 ± 7.6
Women: 61.7 ± 9.3
Histologically Self-report (Interview) January 1996-December 1997

NR = not reported, UD = undetectable.ss