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. 2008 Dec 24;8:387. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-8-387

Table 3.

Crude and adjusted odds ratios for renal cell carcinoma: environmental tobacco smoke exposure among never-smokers

Cases
(%)
Controls
(%)
OR
(95% CI)
AOR
(95% CI)a
χ2 trendb
Home ETS exposure
 Duration (years) p = 0.010
 No exposure 35 (27%) 43 (32%) 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.)
 1 – 20 years 38 (30%) 59 (44%) 0.79 (0.43 – 1.45) 0.86 (0.46 – 1.60)
 > 20 years 56 (43%) 32 (24%) 2.15 (1.15 – 4.01) 2.18 (1.14 – 4.18)
 Total 129 (100%) 134 (100%)
 Lifetime hours p = 0.008
 No exposure 37 (29%) 44 (33%) 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.)
 1 – 29,999 hours 41 (32%) 62 (46%) 0.79 (0.44 – 1.42) 0.83 (0.45 – 1.52)
 30,000 + hours 50 (39%) 28 (21%) 2.12 (1.12 – 4.01) 2.37 (1.20 – 4.69)
 Total 128 (100%) 134 (100%)
Workplace ETS exposure p = 0.740
 Duration (years)
 No exposure 55 (43%) 73 (55%) 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.)
 1 – 20 years 48 (37%) 32 (24%) 1.99 (1.13 – 3.51) 2.09 (1.17 – 3.75)
 > 20 years 26 (20%) 29 (22%) 1.19 (0.63 – 2.25) 1.04 (0.54 – 2.01)
 Total 129 (100%) 134 (100%)
 Lifetime hours p = 0.972
 No exposure 55 (43%) 73 (55%) 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.)
 1 – 16,999 hours 38 (30%) 28 (21%) 1.80 (0.99 – 3.28) 1.83 (0.99 – 3.37)
 17,000 + hours 36 (28%) 33 (25%) 1.45 (0.80 – 2.61) 1.36 (0.74 – 2.49)
 Total 129 (100%) 134 (100%)
 Smoker proximity p = 0.370
 < 5 smokers within 10'c 44 (60%) 43 (71%) 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.)
 ≥ 5 smokers within 10' 29 (40%) 18 (30%) 1.57 (0.76 – 3.24) 1.47 (0.70 – 3.08)
 Total 73 (100%) 61 (100%)
Public/private ETS exposured -
 < 1 hour per week 42 (33%) 54 (40%) 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.)
 1 – 2 hours per week 52 (41%) 46 (34%) 1.45 (0.83 – 2.56) 1.59 (0.88 – 2.87)
 3 – 6 hours per week 22 (17%) 16 (12%) 1.77 (0.83 – 3.78) 2.25 (0.99 – 5.09)
 ≥ 7 hours per week 12 (9%) 18 (13%) 0.86 (0.37 – 1.97) 0.87 (0.37 – 2.05)
 Total 128 (100%) 134 (100%)

a Adjusted for age, gender, race, and BMI. b Reported only for continuous variables in adjusted models.

c Assessed only for those reporting workplace ETS exposure. d Adjusted for age, gender, race, BMI, and weekly alcohol consumption.