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. 2010 May 4;102(11):1676–1680. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605680

Table 2. Family history of cancer and risk of renal cell carcinoma, stratified by race.

  All participantsa
Caucasian participantsb
African-American participantsb
 
  Cases
Controls
    Cases
Controls
    Cases
Controls
     
  N %c N %c OR 95% CI N %c N %c OR 95% CI N %c N %c OR 95% CI P-valued
Family history of kidney cancer
At least one first-degree relative with kidney cancer
  No 517 90.8 566 95.6 1.00   334 90.8 278 94.6 1.00   183 90.8 288 97.6 1.00    
  Yes 52 9.2 24 4.4 2.29 (1.31–4.00) 33 9.2 15 5.4 1.98 (0.99–4.03) 19 9.2 9 2.4 3.96 (1.45–10.84) 0.34
                                       
At least one parent with kidney cancer
  No 517 94.2 566 95.9 1.00   334 94.6 278 95.0 1.00   183 93.4 288 97.9 1.00    
  Yes 33 5.8 22 4.1 1.45 (0.77–2.72) 19 5.4 14 5.0 1.13 (0.50–2.58) 14 6.6 8 2.1 2.98 (1.06–8.37) 0.19
                                       
At least one sibling with kidney cancer
  No 517 94.3 566 98.1 1.00   334 94.0 278 98.1 1.00   183 95.0 288 98.2 1.00    
  Yes 29 5.7 10 1.9 3.09 (1.33–7.20) 20 6.0 5 1.9 3.54 (1.18–10.62) 9 5.0 5 1.8 2.42 (0.61–9.60) 0.63
                                       
Family history of non-renal cancers
At least one first-degree relative with cancer
  No 517 43.9 566 43.1 1.00   334 40.2 278 38.9 1.00   183 54.6 288 55.0 1.00    
  Yes 636 56.1 633 56.9 0.97 (0.79–1.19) 484 59.8 413 61.1 0.95 (0.75–1.21) 152 45.4 220 45.0 1.03 (0.76–1.41) 0.57
                                       
At least one parent with cancer
  No 517 51.1 566 50.0 1.00   334 46.7 278 45.2 1.00   183 63.9 288 63.2 1.00    
  Yes 479 48.9 478 50.0 0.93 (0.75–1.15) 376 53.3 322 54.8 0.92 (0.71–1.18) 103 36.1 156 36.8 0.95 (0.68–1.32) 0.88
                                       
At least one sibling with cancer
  No 517 64.7 566 64.1 1.00   334 62.0 278 60.3 1.00   183 71.3 288 73.4 1.00    
  Yes 269 35.3 265 35.9 0.98 (0.74–1.30) 195 38.0 166 39.7 0.93 (0.68–1.28) 74 28.7 99 26.6 1.16 (0.75–1.79) 0.36
                                       
At least one offspring with cancer
  No 517 94.6 566 93.7 1.00   334 92.7 278 91.8 1.00   183 99.0 288 97.7 1.00    
  Yes 26 5.4 31 6.3 0.83 (0.47–1.48) 24 7.3 25 8.2 0.88 (0.48–1.62) 2 1.0 6 2.3 0.46 (0.04–5.77) 0.52

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

a

Adjusted for age at reference date, sex, study center, smoking status, history of hypertension, body mass index, education, family size, and race.

b

Adjusted for age at reference date, sex, study center, smoking status, history of hypertension, body mass index, education, and family size.

c

A sample-weighted frequency distribution.

d

Interaction P-value using a t-test.

The ‘No’ variable for all exposure–response groups represents participants with no familial history of cancer (or kidney cancer) among first-degree relatives.

Analysis for at least one offspring with kidney cancer was not calculated due to small numbers (four cases, one control).