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

Table 6.

Adjusted odds ratios for renal cell carcinoma by age-decade: Cigarette smoking (pack-years) and home ETS (years)

Cigarette smoking (pack-years)a Home ETS (years)b
Cases (%) Controls (%) AOR
(95% CI)c
Cases (%) Controls (%) AOR
(95% CI)c

40 – 49 years
 Reference 14 (56%) 18 (47%) 1.00 5 (36%) 5 (28%) 1.00
 Level 1 6 (24%) 14 (37%) 0.48 (0.13 – 1.70) 6 (43%) 8 (44%) 0.85 (0.15 – 5.01)
 Level 2 5 (20%) 6 (16%) 1.26 (0.29 – 5.55) 3 (21%) 5 (28%) 0.83 (0.11 – 6.27)
 Total 25 (100%) 38 (100%) 14 (100%) 18 (100%)
50 – 59 years
 Reference 22 (35%) 23 (36%) 1.00 5 (23%) 7 (30%) 1.00
 Level 1 12 (19%) 21 (33%) 0.69 (0.26 – 1.78) 10 (46%) 13 (57%) 0.66 (0.14 – 3.11)
 Level 2 29 (46%) 20 (31%) 1.61 (0.69 – 3.79) 7 (32%) 3 (13%) 2.20 (0.30 – 15.94)
 Total 63 (100%) 64 (100%) 22 (100%) 23 (100%)
60 – 69 years
 Reference 40 (37%) 29 (30%) 1.00 13 (33%) 7 (25%) 1.00
 Level 1 26 (24%) 33 (34%) 0.57 (0.28 – 1.15) 10 (25%) 14 (50%) 0.35 (0.08 – 1.49)
 Level 2 42 (39%) 36 (37%) 0.84 (0.43 – 1.64) 17 (43%) 7 (25%) 1.17 (0.28 – 4.94)
 Total 108 (100%) 98 (100%) 40 (100%) 28 (100%)
70 – 79 years
 Reference 32 (34%) 32 (40%) 1.00 6 (19%) 12 (38%) 1.00
 Level 1 23 (24%) 21 (26%) 1.06 (0.49 – 2.31) 6 (19%) 11 (34%) 1.17 (0.28 – 4.97)
 Level 2 40 (42%) 28 (35%) 1.32 (0.64 – 2.71) 20 (63%) 9 (28%) 6.29 (1.50 – 26.29)
 Total 95 (100%) 81 (100%) 32 (100%) 32 (100%)
≥ 80 years
 Reference 21 (51%) 22 (61%) 1.00 6 (30%) 7 (32%) 1.00
 Level 1 9 (22%) 9 (25%) 0.90 (0.26 – 3.12) 6 (30%) 7 (32%) 1.48 (0.24 – 9.14)
 Level 2 11 (27%) 5 (14%) 2.18 (0.62 – 7.70) 8 (40%) 8 (36%) 1.43 (0.30 – 6.86)
 Total 41 (100%) 36 (100%) 20 (100%) 22 (100%)

a Cigarette smoking

Reference: never-smoker

Level 1: ≤ 20 pack-years

Level 2: > 20 pack-years

b Home ETS

Reference: never exposed

Level 1: ≤ 20 years

Level 2: > 20 years

c Adjusted for gender, race, and BMI