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. 2008 Mar 25;98(9):1586–1592. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604303

Table 2. Risk of lung cancer, other smoking-related cancers, and cardiovascular disease distributed by demographic and lifestyle factorsa.

  Controlsb
Lung Cancer
Smoking-related cancerb
Cardiovascular diseasec
  Male Female Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
  n=1383 n=2676 n=333
95% CI
n=90
95% CI
n=1330
95% CI
n=2631
95% CI
n=159
95% CI
n=557
95% CI
Risk factor n n n OR LCI UCI n OR LCI UCI n OR LCI UCI n OR LCI UCI n OR LCI UCI n OR LCI UCI
Age
 18–34 253 412 5 1.0 Referent   2 1.0 Referent   90 1.0 Referent   213 1.0 Referent   22 1.0 Referent   77 1.0 Referent  
 35–54 478 1212 136 12.5 5.0 31.4 27 2.8 0.6 12.1 530 2.4 1.8 3.3 1283 1.5 1.2 1.8 88 2.0 1.2 3.4 228 0.8 0.6 1.1
 55–98 650 1050 192 15.4 6.1 38.7 61 7.1 1.7 30.3 710 2.5 1.9 3.4 1134 1.4 1.1 1.7 49 0.8 0.4 1.5 252 1.0 0.7 1.4
χ2 (P trend)       35.0 (<0.0001)     19.2 (<0.0001)     23.2 (<0.0001)     2.7 (0.10)     2.1 (0.15)     0.5 (0.50)  
 Unspecified 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
                                                     
Education (years)
 0–5 761 1317 226 1.0 Referent   61 1.0 Referent   848 1.0 Referent   1683 1.0 Referent   66 1.0 Referent   287 1.0 Referent  
 6–8 371 888 87 0.9 0.7 1.2 27 1.1 0.7 1.8 352 0.9 0.8 1.1 728 0.8 0.7 0.9 45 1.2 0.8 1.9 201 1.1 0.9 1.4
 9+ 243 462 19 0.5 0.3 0.8 2 0.3 0.1 1.2 121 0.7 0.5 0.9 189 0.5 0.4 0.6 27 1.2 0.7 2.1 67 0.7 0.5 1.0
χ2 (P trend)       5.4 (0.02)     1.3 (0.26)     4.6 (0.03)     59.8 (<0.0001)     0.7 (0.41)     1.4 (0.24)  
 Unspecified 8 9 1 0.8 0.1 8.0 0 9 1.6 0.6 4.8 31 3.1 1.5 6.6 21 6.1 1.0 36.4 2 1.1 0.2 5.1
                                                     
Smoking status d
 Never 528 2264 16 1.0 Referent   46 1.0 Referent   176 1.0 Referent   1970 1.0 Referent   25 1.0 Referent   412 1.0 Referent  
 Former 338 167 83 7.2 4.1 12.6 12 2.6 1.3 5.1 344 2.8 2.2 3.5 235 1.4 1.1 1.8 23 1.6 0.9 2.8 82 2.6 1.9 3.4
 Current 513 227 234 16.3 9.6 27.6 32 6.4 4.0 10.4 808 4.6 3.7 5.7 407 1.9 1.6 2.2 90 3.4 2.1 5.4 63 1.5 1.1 2.1
χ2 (P trend)       142.4 (<0.0001)     58.2 (<0.0001)     189.0 (<0.0001)     50.5 (<0.0001)     29.3 (<0.0001)     15.0 (<0.0001)  
 Ever 851 394 317 12.2 7.3 20.6 44 4.6 3.0 7.2 1152 3.9 3.2 4.7 642 1.7 1.4 1.9 113 2.7 1.7 4.3 145 2.0 1.6 2.5
 Unspecified 4 18   0 2 2.0 0.3 13.0 19 1.1 0.6 2.2   15.3 2.1 111.7 0
                                                     
Cooking fuel e
 Electrical 1079 1970 230 1.0 Referent   60 1.0 Referent   937 1.0 Referent   1588 1.0 Referent   104 1.0 Referent   432 1.0 Referent  
 Non-electrical 300 703 103 1.6 1.2 2.2 30 1.4 0.8 2.2 390 1.5 1.3 1.9 1030 1.6 1.4 1.8 34 1.2 0.8 1.8 125 0.8 0.6 1.0
χ2 (P heterogeneity)       10.1 (0.002)     1.6 (0.20)     19.4 (<0.0001)     59.6 (<0.0001)     0.5 (0.47)     3.7 (0.05)  
 Unspecified 4 3 0 0 3 0.6 0.1 3.4 13 5.1 1.4 18.3 21 5.1 0.7 37.2 0
                                                     
Smoking status by cooking fuel
 Never smoke/electrical 397 1662 11 1.0 Referent   31 1.0 Referent   113 1.0 Referent   1178 1.0 Referent   17 1.0 Referent   326 1.0 Referent  
 Never smoke/non-electrical 131 600 5 1.4 0.5 4.0 15 1.3 0.7 2.4 63 1.6 1.1 2.4 782 1.6 1.4 1.8 8 1.5 0.6 3.6 86 0.7 0.5 0.9
 Ever smoke/electrical 681 293 219 11.1 6.0 20.8 29 4.3 2.5 7.3 824 3.9 3.1 5.0 399 1.7 1.4 2.0 87 3.0 1.8 5.2 106 1.8 1.4 2.3
 Ever smoke/non-electrical 167 101 98 20.1 10.4 38.9 15 6.8 3.5 13.4 326 6.1 4.6 8.2 241 2.7 2.1 3.5 26 3.6 1.8 7.0 39 1.9 1.3 2.9
χ2 (P trend)       117.8 (<0.0001)     44.6 (<0.0001)     188.0 (<0.0001)     91.6 (<0.0001)     18.1 (<0.0001)     17.9 (<0.0001)  
 Unspecified 7 20 0 0 4 2.0 0.5 7.5 31 2.0 1.1 3.6 21 15.8 4.0 62.1 0
a

Analyses adjusted for age, education, smoking status, and cooking fuel; odds ratios (OR) with 95% lower (LCI) and upper (UCI) confidence intervals presented.

b

See Table 1 for disease groupings.

c

Primarily hypertenstion (37%), stroke (25%) and congestive heart failure (18%).

d

Current smokers included those who smoked within 5 years of interview.

e

Non-electrical cooking fuel included wood, charcoal, coal, anthracite, parafin, and gas.