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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 24.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Control. 2008 Apr 4;17(3):198–204. doi: 10.1136/tc.2007.022582

Table 5b.

Relative risks (95% CI) for lung cancer by histologic type, from the polytomous logistic regression model #2 comparing risks associated with current and former smoking, Nurses’ Health Study, 1976-2002. B. Relative risks corresponding with 5, 10, and 15 years of smoking duration**

Histologic Type Years of Smoking Duration

5 years 10 years 15 years
Squamous Cell Carcinoma 1.58 (1.43, 1.75) 2.50 (2.04, 3.06) 3.95 (2.91, 5.36)
Small Cell Carcinoma 1.73 (1.54, 1.94) 2.98 (2.37, 3.74) 5.14 (3.64, 7.25)
Adenocarcinoma 1.35 (1.28, 1.42) 1.82 (1.64, 2.02) 2.45 (2.10, 2.87)
Large Cell Carcinoma 1.42 (1.23, 1.65) 2.02 (1.51, 2.72) 2.88 (1.85, 4.49)
**

Age and cigs/day included in the model