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. 2011 Sep 6;105(7):1096–1104. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2011.343

Table 5. ORs and 95% CIs for renal cell carcinoma and BaP intake, stratified by smoking statusa, The Kidney Cancer Study (United States), 2003–2007.

  Never smokers
Current-regular smokers
  Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 P trend Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 P trend
ORb 1.00 1.24 1.01 1.47 0.12 1.00 1.28 1.95 2.63 0.006
95% CI (0.77, 1.98) (0.63, 1.72) (0.93, 2.31)   (0.68, 2.42) (1.00, 3.87) (1.36, 5.10)  
Cases/controls 93/116 95/96 102/125 127/121   46/55 62/71 85/64 114/60  
Medianc (ng per day) 1.5 4.2 11.1 58.4   1.3 4.1 12.2 52.8  

Abbreviations: BaP=benzo(a)pyrene; CI=confidence interval; OR=odds ratio; Q=quartile.

a

Significant interaction PBaPxsmoke=0.02; no association in former/occasional smokers (Ptrend=0.10).

b

Models adjusted for age, race, sex, education, BMI, history of hypertension, family history of cancer, intake of alcohol, intake of fruit and vegetables, and total non-alcohol energy intake.

c

Median intake value for each Q based on distribution among all study controls.