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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 (1.05–2.74) 43 66 1.03 (0.58–1.82)
 41+ 75 44 2.09 (1.33–3.26) 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 (1.31–2.95) 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 (0.13–0.65)
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 (1.25–3.03) 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