Table 3.
Lung Cancer Risk for Industries/Occupations Suspected (List B) to Be Associated With Lung Cancer for Men in the EAGLE Study, Lombardy, Italy, 2002–2005a
| Industry (ISIC Code) | Occupation/Process (ISCO Code)b | No. of Cases | No. of Controls | ORc | 95% CI | OREd | 95% CI |
| Never worked in list A/B industries/occupations (reference)e | 1,015 | 1,171 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Ever worked in list B (never in list A) industries/occupations | 345 | 346 | 1.06 | 0.86, 1.31 | 0.94 | 0.75, 1.17 | |
| Food (3111) or (Any ISIC) | Butchers and meat workers (Blue collar, 45130) or (773*) | 24 | 26 | 0.77 | 0.39, 1.53 | 0.70 | 0.35, 1.38 |
| Leather (3231) or (Any ISIC) | Tanners and processors (Blue collar) or (761*) | 8 | 4 | 2.73 | 0.56, 13.22 | 2.51 | 0.52, 12.04 |
| Wood and wood products (Any ISIC) | Carpenters, joiners (81*, 954*) | 76 | 66 | 1.13 | 0.74, 1.72 | 0.99 | 0.64, 1.52 |
| Printing (3420) | Rotogravure/machine-rooms workers, printing pressmen, binders, others (92110, 922*, 92630/50) | 38 | 48 | 0.85 | 0.50, 1.44 | 0.79 | 0.47, 1.35 |
| Rubber (3551, 3559) or (Any ISIC) | Various occupations in rubber manufacture (Blue collar) or (90120–40, 90190, 902*) | 19 | 26 | 0.72 | 0.35, 1.48 | 0.65 | 0.31, 1.34 |
| Glass (3620) or (Any ISIC) | Glass workers (art glass, container and pressed ware) (Blue collar) or (891*, 89320/30/40, 89440, 89920/70/90) | 17 | 9 | 1.54 | 0.57, 4.15 | 1.33 | 0.49, 3.56 |
| Motor vehicle manufacturing and repair | 43 | 51 | 1.22 | 0.73, 2.03 | 1.08 | 0.65, 1.81 | |
| (3843, 9513) | Machine-tool operators (831*, 83220/30, 833*, 834*; 83960) | 9 | 12 | 0.68 | 0.25, 1.88 | 0.61 | 0.22, 1.72 |
| (3843, 9513) or (3843) | Mechanics (843*) or (84985) | 31 | 40 | 1.29 | 0.72, 2.33 | 1.14 | 0.63, 2.07 |
| (3843, 9513) | Welders and flame cutters (872* (not 87245)) | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Transport | 157 | 141 | 1.20 | 0.89, 1.63 | 1.04 | 0.76, 1.43 | |
| (Any ISIC) | Railroad workers (983*, 98440) | 8 | 8 | 0.73 | 0.21, 2.60 | 0.67 | 0.19, 2.37 |
| (Any ISIC) | Bus and truck drivers (98540–60) | 149 | 129 | 1.23 | 0.90, 1.68 | 1.07 | 0.77, 1.48 |
| (Any ISIC) | Operators of excavating machines (97420–45, 97455, 97470, 97490) | 8 | 7 | 1.17 | 0.27, 5.05 | 0.96 | 0.22, 4.16 |
| Trade | Filling station attendants (identified through text search) | 16 | 4 | 7.41 | 1.76, 31.17 | 6.64 | 1.58, 27.94 |
| Other (Any ISIC) | Launderers, dry cleaners, and pressers (560*) | 2 | 3 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; EAGLE, Environment And Genetics in Lung cancer Etiology; ISCO, International Standard Classification of Occupations; ISIC, International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities; OR, odds ratio.
a
Calculations were performed for occupations with at least 5 exposed cases.
b
An asterisk indicates that all 5-digit codes within that code are considered.
c
Calculated with logistic regression models, adjusted for area of residence, age, smoking, and number of jobs held.
d
Also adjusted for education.