Table 2. Characteristics of seven case-control studies of subfertility and testicular cancer incidence.
First Author | Year (Ref. No.) | Country | Excluded Cryptorchidism | No. of Cases (Source of Cases)/No. of Controls (Selection Method) | Estimated Odds Ratios (95% CI) | Controlled Variables |
Baker JA | 2005 (9) | USA | NA* | 201 (Cancer registry)/204 (Population controls matched by age and area of residence) | 9.47 (1.19–75.2) | Age, neighborhood |
Møller H | 1999 (10) | Europe (Danish) | Yes | 514 (Cancer registry)/720 (Population controls matched by age) | 1.42 (1.09–1.85) | Age |
Doria-Rose VP | 2005 (11) | USA | Yes | 329 (Cancer registry)/672 (Population controls matched by age, race, language and area of residence) | 2.51 (1.07–5.86) | Age |
Swerdlow AJ | 1989 (12) | Europe (England) | Yes | 178 (Cancer registry)/315 (Hospital patients matched by treatment center, area of residence and duration of follow-up) | 1.73 (1.09–2.74) | Area of hospital |
Forman D PM | 1994 (18) | Europe (England and Wales) | Yes | 775 (Cancer registry)/794 (Hospital patients matched by age, register hospital or center, enrollment date and area of residence) | 2.66 (0.94–7.54) | Age, area of residence, and register-time |
Haughey BP | 1989 (19) | USA | Yes | 250 (Cancer registry)/250 (Population controls matched by age and neighborhood of residence) | 4.77 (0.40–52.50) | Age, neighborhood |
Brown LM | 1987 (20) | USA | NA | 140 (Cancer registry)/135 (Hospital patients without cancer matched by treatment hospital, age, race, vital status, year of diagnosis, and hospital of diagnosis) | 0.89 (0.40–1.96) | Age, race, vital status and year of diagnosis |
NA, not available. CI, confidence interval.