Table 1. Characteristics of parent-child, sibling and spouse pairs with primary lung cancer diagnosed in Sweden.
Pairs of relatives | Pairs with lung cancer | Concordant alive | Concordant dead |
All lung cancer | |||
Parenta-Childb | 439 | 32 | 256 |
Sibling-Siblingb | 63 | 13 | 30 |
Spouse-Spousea | 525 | 39 | 301 |
Non-small cell lung cancer | |||
Parenta-Childb | 358 | 28 | 205 |
Sibling-Siblingb | 49 | 12 | 18 |
Spouse-Spousea | 414 | 30 | 244 |
Parents (Spouses) diagnosed between January 1961 and December 2001.
Children (siblings) diagnosed between January 1991 and December 2001.