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. 2009 Jun 26;170(4):403–413. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwp134

Table 2.

Risk Estimates for Pancreatic Cancer Associated With Cigarette Smoking in the Pooled Study Population, With Never Smokers as the Reference Group

Smoking Exposure No. of Cases No. of Controls ORa 95% CI
Never smoker 582 678 1.00 Referent
Ever smoker 899 861 1.24 1.06, 1.46
    Current 433 362 1.77 1.38, 2.26
    Former 466 499 1.09 0.91, 1.30
Intensity, cigarettes/day
    <10 142 149 1.18 0.91, 1.55
    10–<20 252 239 1.33 1.05, 1.67
    20–<25 150 145 1.30 0.98, 1.72
    25–<30 70 68 1.28 0.88, 1.88
    ≥30 121 84 1.75 1.27, 2.42
        Ptrend <0.001
Duration, years
    ≤10 86 93 1.08 0.79, 1.49
    >10–20 113 139 0.96 0.72, 1.27
    >20–40 406 378 1.30 1.06, 1.60
    >40–50 161 134 1.59 1.20, 2.11
    >50 39 24 2.13 1.25, 3.62
        Ptrend <0.001
Pack-years
    ≤10 149 165 1.11 0.85, 1.43
    >10–20 121 115 1.32 0.98, 1.77
    >20–30 127 125 1.30 0.97, 1.75
    >30–40 119 107 1.49 1.08, 2.03
    >40 194 146 1.78 1.35, 2.34
        Ptrend <0.001
Years since quitting
    1–<10 40 20 2.19 1.25, 3.83
    10–<15 40 37 1.24 0.78, 1.98
    15–<20 36 47 0.91 0.58, 1.44
    20–<30 81 104 0.91 0.66, 1.26
    ≥30 154 198 0.93 0.73, 1.20
        Ptrend <0.001
    1–<10b 40 20 1.24 0.69, 2.22
    10–<15 40 37 0.70 0.43, 1.16
    15–<20 36 47 0.52 0.32, 0.85
    20–<30 81 104 0.52 0.36, 0.75
    ≥30 154 198 0.53 0.39, 0.73
        Ptrend <0.001
Age at start, yearsc
    <15 68 64 1.24 0.85, 1.79
    15–<20 361 346 1.27 1.03, 1.56
    ≥20 410 381 1.28 1.06, 1.56
        Ptrend 0.97

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

a

Models were adjusted for age, sex, study center, diabetes, body mass index, and race.

b

Years since quitting using current smokers as the reference group.

c

Data were missing for the CLUE II study.