Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics and Immune Parameters for Meningioma Cases and Population Controls: Menigioma Consortium Study, 2006–2010.

	Full dataset: N = 1699					Subjects with available sera: N = 487
N	Case (n)	%	Controls (n)	%	p-value*	Case (n)	%	Controls (n)	%	p-value*
1699	1065	63	634	37		295	61	192	39
Age (yrs)
Mean Age	57.58		56.77		0.16	58.90		57.96		0.36
Median Age	57.74		57.19			59.54		58.61
Std err	0.353		0.469			0.637		0.818
Std dev	11.526		11.787			10.933		11.331
Female	785	74	417	66	0.0005	214	73	122	64	0.04
Male	280	26	217	34		81	27	70	36
Race
White	886	83	535	84	0.58	251	85	168	88	0.45
Non-white/Other	177	17	99	16		44	15	24	13
Blank
Income
$24,999 or less	158	25	64	10	<0.001	46	16	21	11	0.06
$25,000–$49,999	188	28	76	11		52	18	23	12
$50,000–$74,999	178	17	76	12		58	20	23	12
$75,000–$99,999	127	12	69	11		38	13	18	9
$100,000 or more	273	26	204	32		72	24	60	31
Refused	89	8	39	6		21	7	5	3
Dk**	43	4	6	1		8	3	1	1
Blank	9	1	100	16		0	0	41	21
Education
Less than HS	53	5	20	3	<0.0001	11	4	4	2	<0.0001
HS graduate/ GED	234	22	86	14		65	22	19	10
Some college/vocational	312	29	162	26		89	30	47	24
College graduate	264	25	187	29		80	27	58	30
Post graduate	200	19	178	28		50	17	64	33
Refused	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Don't Know/ Blank	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0
Smoking
Yes ***	503	47	316	50	0.37	142	48	92	48	0.93
No	554	52	318	50		152	52	100	52
Dk	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Blank	8	1	0	0		1	0	0	0
Allergy
Yes	247	23	209	33	<0.0001	69	23	61	32	0.04
No	809	76	425	67		226	77	131	68
Dk	0	0	0	0
Blank	9	1	0	0
Asthma
Yes	138	13	114	18	0.01	33	11	35	18	0.03
No	919	86	520	82		262	89	157	82
Dk	0	0	0	0
Blank	8	1	0	0
Eczema
Yes	96	9	62	10	0.62	22	8	15	8	0.88
No	960	90	570	90		272	92	176	92
Dk	1	0	2	0		1	0	1	0
Blank	8	1	0	0

^*P values derived from chi-square test, comparing cases to controls.

^**Dk = don't know, or declined to answer

^***100 cigarettes or more in lifetime