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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Mar 16;21(5):770–779. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-1109

Table 4.

Adjusted Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma Associated with Smoking Variables, by BMI and Race

BMI Less than 30 kg/m2
White Black
Cases Controls OR (95% CI)* p-trend* Cases Controls OR (95% CI)* p-trend*
Number of Years Smoked <0.0001 0.005
 Never Smoked 166 209 1.00 (ref) 54 110 1.00 (ref)
 ≤ 9 37 50 0.99 (0.63–1.53) 4 19 0.30 (0.08–1.07)
 10–20 69 74 1.04 (0.71–1.54) 18 52 0.60 (0.27–1.31)
 21–30 49 65 0.83 (0.56–1.23) 31 48 1.24 (0.67–2.30)
 31–40 70 46 1.70 (1.052.74) 43 66 1.03 (0.58–1.82)
 41+ 75 44 2.09 (1.333.26) 28 36 1.51 (0.76–3.03)
Pack years 0.0002 0.29
 Never Smoked 166 209 1.00 (ref) 54 110 1.00 (ref)
 0.1≤10.99 60 82 0.94 (0.66–1.36) 34 69 0.80 (0.45–1.45)
 11–20.99 59 60 1.10 (0.69–1.75) 25 56 0.94 (0.50–1.79)
 21–40.99 81 79 1.15 (0.81–1.62) 36 58 0.94 (0.50–1.75)
 41+ 100 57 1.97 (1.312.95) 28 38 1.21 (0.61–2.37)
Years Since Quitting 0.09 0.008
 Current 131 88 1.00 (ref) 73 110 1.00 (ref)
 le 5 28 21 1.26 (0.63–2.54) 19 26 0.87 (0.40–1.85)
 6–15 38 32 0.94 (0.53–1.68) 13 29 0.55 (0.25–1.23)
 16–25 40 55 0.62 (0.35–1.08) 12 25 0.61 (0.26–1.46)
 25+ 63 83 0.71 (0.42–1.21) 8 31 0.29 (0.130.65)
Smoking History 0.06 0.23
 Never Smoked 166 209 1.00 (ref) 54 110 1.00 (ref)
Occasional 16 22 1.00 (0.53–1.88) 14 17 1.67 (0.78–3.58)
Former/Light 99 117 1.04 (0.73–1.47) 24 68 0.58 (0.33–1.04)
Current/Light 20 25 0.94 (0.50–1.76) 35 57 1.34 (0.73–2.41)
Former/Heavy 70 73 1.11 (0.76–1.62) 28 43 0.84 (0.46–1.53)
Current/Heavy 111 63 1.95 (1.253.03) 36 53 1.13 (0.65–1.95)
BMI of 30+ kg/m2
White Black
Cases Controls OR (95% CI)* p-trend* Cases Controls OR (95% CI)* trend*
Number of Years Smoked 0.15 0.76
 Never Smoked 140 77 1.00 (ref) 66 71 1.00 (ref)
 ≤ 9 20 17 0.70 (0.31–1.62) 9 8 0.92 (0.30–2.82)
 10–20 38 29 0.75 (0.41–1.37) 21 15 1.47 (0.63–3.40)
 21–30 54 25 1.06 (0.61–1.85) 23 27 0.84 (0.40–1.74)
 31–40 58 27 1.06 (0.60–1.86) 26 20 1.55 (0.75–3.22)
 41+ 39 22 0.90 (0.50–1.61) 11 13 0.88 (0.35–2.78)
Pack years 0.23 0.46
 Never Smoked 140 77 1.00 (ref) 66 71 1.00 (ref)
 0.1≤10.99 35 27 0.71 (0.37–1.34) 29 22 1.58 (0.82–3.05)
 11–20.00 20 20 0.52 (0.26–1.04) 21 21 1.03 (0.49–2.13)
 20.01–40.00 80 29 1.40 (0.83–2.37) 26 25 1.32 (0.63–2.76)
 40.01+ 74 43 0.79 (0.48–1.30) 14 15 1.07 (0.45–2.61)
Years Since Quitting 0.21 0.68
 Current 77 35 1.00 (ref) 37 30 1.00 (ref)
 le 5 23 10 1.59 (0.68–3.70) 9 9 1.25 (0.41–3.82)
 6–15 49 28 0.82 (0.41–1.62) 21 19 1.19 (0.53–2.68)
 16–25 36 28 0.66 (0.30–1.48) 13 15 1.22 (0.33–4.49)
 25+ 25 19 0.61 (0.24–1.54) 10 11 1.27 (0.32–5.00)
Smoking History 0.18 0.50
 Never Smoked 140 77 1.00 (ref) 66 71 1.00 (ref)
 Occasional 16 3 3.05 (0.69–13.5) 6 13 0.40 (0.14–1.13)
 Former/Light 41 40 0.57 (0.33–1.01) 30 32 1.06 (0.56–2.01)
 Current/Light 14 7 1.21 (0.44–3.29) 20 15 1.20 (0.53–2.75)
 Former/Heavy 92 44 1.16 (0.72–1.86) 23 22 1.47 (0.67–3.20)
 Current/Heavy 62 28 1.01 (0.56–1.81) 17 14 0.88 (0.38–2.01)
*

Adjusted for age, study site, hypertension, education, family history of kidney cancer in a first degree relative and gender (years since quitting also adjusted for pack years)

For Smoking History, this number represents the overall test of significance Occasional smokers are not included in number of years smoked, pack years, or years since quitting analyses