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. 2010 Sep 19;68(5):312–318. doi: 10.1136/oem.2009.054452

Table 4.

Associations between lung cancer risk and exposure measured as continuous variables

No lag 10-Year lag
Coefficient OR* 95% CI p Value Coefficient OR 95% CI p Value
All workers (356 cases, 941 controls)
 Cumulative exposure: 1 mg/m3-year −0.0100 0.99 0.95 to 1.03 0.641 −0.0120 0.99 0.94 to 1.03 0.598
 Log transformed cumulative exposure: 1 ln(mg/m3-years) 0.0518 1.05 0.97 to 1.14 0.208 0.0319 1.03 0.96 to 1.11 0.388
 Net duration of employment: 10 years 0.0123 1.01 0.93 to 1.10 0.771 0.0203 1.02 0.93 to 1.12 0.671
 Average exposure: 0.10 mg/m3 −0.0207 0.98 0.83 to 1.16 0.809 −0.0092 0.99 0.85 to 1.16 0.907
Workers born before 1920 (189 cases, 497 controls)
 Cumulative exposure: 1 mg/m3-year −0.0176 0.98 0.94 to 1.03 0.450 −0.0182 0.98 0.94 to 1.03 0.444
 Log transformed cumulative exposure: 1 ln(mg/m3-years) 0.0407 1.04 0.93 to 1.16 0.466 0.0246 1.03 0.94 to 1.12 0.591
 Net duration of employment: 10 years −0.0648 0.94 0.84 to 1.05 0.266 −0.0062 0.94 0.83 to 1.06 0.331
 Average exposure: 0.10 mg/m3 −0.0159 0.98 0.82 to 1.18 0.860 0.0062 1.01 0.86 to 1.18 0.939
Workers born in or after 1920 (167 cases, 444 controls)
 Cumulative exposure: 1 mg/m3-year 0.0420 1.04 0.93 to 1.17 0.484 0.0838 1.09 0.91 to 1.30 0.362
 Log transformed cumulative exposure: 1 ln(mg/m3-years) 0.0646 1.07 0.95 to 1.20 0.285 0.0433 1.04 0.93 to 1.17 0.456
 Net duration of employment: 10 years 0.0962 1.10 0.98 to 1.24 0.114 0.1260 1.13 0.98 to 1.30 0.082
 Average exposure: 0.10 mg/m3 −0.0566 0.95 0.58 to 1.54 0.821 −0.2220 0.80 0.44 to 1.45 0.465
*

OR per specified units of increase in exposure.