Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics and odds ratios of pancreatic cancer cases and hospital controls – Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 1982–1996.
| Cases (n = 194) | Controls (n = 582) | OR1 (95% CI) | |
| Age2 | 62.02 | 62.07 | 1.00 (0.98, 1.02) |
| Education3,5 | |||
| Up to High School | 51 (26.4) | 139 (24.0) | 1.00 |
| High School | 67 (34.7) | 182 (32.4) | 0.89 (0.55, 1.42) |
| Some College | 34 (17.6) | 127 (21.9) | 0.72 (0.42, 1.22) |
| College Graduate | 41 (21.2) | 132 (22.8) | 0.92 (0.54, 1.56) |
| Cigarette Smoking (pack-years)3,4 | |||
| None | 65 (34.0) | 246 (43.6) | 1.00 |
| ≤ 13.5 | 15 (7.9) | 79 (14.0) | 0.84 (0.44, 1.59) |
| 14–30 | 44 (23.0) | 83 (14.7) | 2.12 (1.30, 3.48) |
| 30.5–52.5 | 38 (19.9) | 76 (13.5) | 2.17 (1.32, 3.59) |
| ≤ 53 | 29 (15.2) | 80 (14.2) | 1.41 (0.82, 2.43) |
| Family history of pancreatic cancer3 | |||
| No | 183 (94.3) | 570 (97.9) | 1.00 |
| Yes | 11 (5.7) | 12 (2.1) | 2.65 (1.09, 6.45) |
| Race3,5 | |||
| Caucasian | 144 (96.6) | 494 (94.5) | 1.00 |
| African-American | 4 (2.7) | 26 (5.0) | 2.38 (0.23, 24.28) |
| Other | 1 (0.7) | 3 (0.6) | 0.44 (0.04, 5.53) |
| Sex3 | |||
| Female | 88 (45.4) | 264 (45.4) | 1.00 |
| Male | 106 (54.6) | 318 (54.6) | 0.95 (0.65, 1.38) |
| Body-Mass Index3,6 | |||
| ≤ 23 | 46 (24.7) | 144 (25.4) | 1.00 |
| 23–25.6 | 32 (17.2) | 143 (25.3) | 0.68 (0.39, 1.17) |
| 25.7–27.9 | 52 (28.0) | 139 (24.6) | 1.20 (0.73, 1.98) |
| ≥ 28 | 56 (30.1) | 140 (24.7) | 1.27 (0.78, 2.05) |
1. odds ratios reported for model including age, education, cigarette smoking, relative with pancreatic cancer, race, sex and body mass index 2. mean 3. n (%) 4. quartiles based on control distribution after excluding never smokers 5. kg/m2 6. quartiles based on control distribution