Table 4.

Inflammatory disorders and allergies and risk of MM in white and black US male veterans

	Whites			Blacks			Combined
	N	RR*	95% CI	N	RR*	95% CI	N	RR*	95% CI
Total inflammatory disorders	807	1.17	1.07-1.27	362	1.22	1.07-1.38	1169	1.18	1.10-1.27
Atrophic gastritis	10	1.16	0.55-2.43	5	1.54	0.64-3.72	15	1.29	0.73-2.28
Chronic bronchitis	190	0.95	0.81-1.12	67	1.06	0.82-1.38	257	0.98	0.86-1.12
Dacryadenitis	6	1.21	0.54-2.70	4	—	—	10	1.44	0.77-2.68
Dermatitis	25	0.69	0.46-1.05	6	0.91	0.41-2.02	31	0.73	0.51-1.06
Glomerulonephritis	45	1.90	1.33-2.73	35	1.02	0.68-1.51	80	1.37	1.05-1.79
Nephrotic syndrome	29	2.53	1.43-4.46	15	1.79	0.93-3.44	44	2.15	1.40-3.30
Osteoarthritis	510	1.23	1.11-1.36	232	1.36	1.17-1.57	742	1.27	1.17-1.38
Pericarditis, nonrheumatic	16	1.32	0.76-2.27	8	1.18	0.56-2.47	24	1.26	0.81-1.96
Prostatitis	17	1.01	0.60-1.67	4	—	—	21	0.87	0.55-1.40
Valvular disease, nonrheumatic	80	1.09	0.85-1.39	32	0.83	0.56-1.24	112	1.00	0.81-1.23
Total allergies	169	1.04	0.89-1.23	88	1.20	0.96-1.51	257	1.09	0.96-1.25
Allergic rhinitis	16	1.56	0.95-2.55	4	—	—	20	1.45	0.93-2.25
Asthma	51	0.87	0.65-1.17	40	1.18	0.84-1.64	91	0.98	0.79-1.22
Eczema and dermatitis	75	1.08	0.85-1.37	34	1.20	0.84-1.70	109	1.11	0.91-1.35
Erythema	24	1.05	0.69-1.60	8	0.98	0.47-1.96	32	1.03	0.72-1.48
Urticaria	8	0.79	0.35-1.76	6	1.99	0.89-4.44	14	1.13	0.64-1.99

— indicates RR and CI not calculated due to small numbers.

^*RR adjusted for visits, attained age, calendar time, and latency (combined also adjusted for race).