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. 2012 Aug 8;12:344. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-344

Table 2.

Risk of renal cell carcinoma fora priorioccupations and industries

Job Code & Description
NEVER
EVER
< 5 YEARS
5+ YEARS
  Case/Control Case/Control ORa[95% CI] Case/Control ORa[95% CI] Case/Control ORa[95% CI] P-trend          
OCCUPATION:
 
 
 
SOC 11–13: officials and administrators, other
983/1003
1.0
201/208
0.9[0.7-1.2]
38/57
0.7[0.4-1.1]
163/151
1.0[0.8-1.4]
0.81
         
SOC 1633: electrical and electronic engineers
1177/1199
1.0
7/12
0.6[0.2-2.0]
1/3
0.2[0.0-1.6E + 09]
6/9
0.8[0.2-3.1]
0.67
         
SOC 42: sales occupations, commodities except retail
1122/1161
1.0
62/50
1.4[0.9-2.1]
14/10
1.4[0.6-3.1]
48/40
1.4[0.9-2.1]
0.088
         
SOC 43: sales occupations, retail
903/927
1.0
281/284
1.0[0.9-1.2]
186/179
1.1[0.9-1.4]
95/105
0.9[0.7-1.3]
0.76
         
SOC 5123: firefighting occupations
1176/1204
1.0
8/7
1.4[0.4-4.7]
3/1
3.2[0.0-8.8E + 09]
5/6
1.1[0.3-4.8]
0.81
         
SOC 551: farmers (working proprietors)
1178/1207
1.0
6/4
2.4[0.5-11.3]
5/3
2.4[0.4-15.5]
1/1
2.2[0.0-5.3E + 13]
0.67
         
SOC 56: other agricultural & related occupations
1133/1160
1.0
51/51
1.0[0.7-1.6]
28/38
0.7[0.4-1.3]
23/13
2.1[1.0-4.5]*
0.094
         
 SOC 561: farm occupations, except managerial
1159/1187
1.0
25/24
1.2[0.6-2.1]
14/18
0.7[0.3-1.5]
11/6
3.2[1.0-10.1]*
0.060
         
 SOC 5612: general farm workers
1180/1205
1.0
4/6
0.9[0.3-2.9]
1/4
0.2[0.0-1.3E + 09]
3/2
3.3[0.4-27.8]
0.36
         
 SOC 5613: field crop & vegetable farm workers
1176/1202
1.0
8/9
1.0[0.3-3.0]
4/6
0.7[0.1-3.3]
4/3
1.7[0.2-11.2]
0.69
         
 SOC 562: related agricultural occupations
1158/1183
1.0
26/28
0.9[0.5-1.6]
14/21
0.7[0.3-1.5]
12/7
1.6[0.5-5.0]
0.61
         
SOC 61: mechanics and repairers
1065/1081
1.0
119/130
0.8[0.6-1.1]
36/25
1.2[0.7-2.2]
83/105
0.7[0.5-1.0]*
0.038
         
SOC 644: painters, paperhangers, and plasterers
1166/1193
1.0
18/18
1.0[0.5-2.1]
9/6
1.0[0.3-3.3]
9/12
1.1[0.4-3.1]
0.88
         
SOC 681–682: precision metal workers
1137/1177
1.0
47/34
1.2[0.8-1.9]
14/10
1.4[0.6-3.4]
33/24
1.2[0.7-2.0]
0.48
         
SOC 7643: printing machine operators & tenders
1176/1205
1.0
8/6
1.3[0.4-3.9]
6/3
2.1[0.4-10.4]
2/3
0.5[0.0-5.2]
0.71
         
SOC 7658: laundering and dry-cleaning machine operators and tenders
1177/1202
1.0
7/9
0.8[0.3-2.3]
4/6
0.6[0.1-2.4]
3/3
1.2[0.2-8.7]
0.997
         
SOC 772: assemblers
1043/1085
1.0
141/126
1.1[0.9-1.5]
67/55
1.2[0.8-1.8]
74/71
1.1[0.7-1.6]
0.61
         
SOC 821: motor vehicle operators
1030/1085
1.0
154/126
1.2[0.9-1.6]
62/49
1.3[0.9-2.1]
92/77
1.1[0.8-1.6]
0.56
         
SOC 8243: sailors and deckhands
1177/1202
1.0
7/9
1.2[0.4-3.4]
3/2
1.7[0.2-17.0]
4/7
1.0[0.3-3.5]
0.93
         
INDUSTRY:
 
 
 
SIC 01: agricultural production, crops
1161/1191
1.0
23/20
1.4[0.7-2.8]
13/15
0.9[0.4-2.3]
10/5
3.3[1.0-11.5]
0.051
         
SIC 02: agricultural production, livestock
1180/1204
1.0
4/7
0.4[0.1-1.7]
3/5
0.5[0.1-2.6]
1/2
0.3[0.0-1.5E + 09]
0.61
         
SIC 29: petroleum and coal productscpe
1177/1207
1.0
7/4
1.6[0.4-6.8]
2/1
2.0[0.0-1.4E + 11]
5/3
1.4[0.3-6.1]
0.59
         
SIC 3312: blast furnaces and steel mills
1142/1164
1.0
42/47
0.8[0.5-1.3]
20/17
1.5[0.8-2.9]
22/30
0.5[0.3-1.0]*
0.061
         
SIC 7216: dry-cleaning plants, except rug 1169/1198 1.0 15/13 2.0[0.9-4.4] 11/10 1.8[0.6-5.4] 4/3 2.5[0.4-14.4] 0.093          

a Adjusted for sex, age at reference date, race, study center, education level, history of hypertension, smoking status, BMI (5 years prior to interview) and family history of cancer. *P-value <0.05. P-trends ≤0.05 for duration (Never, <5 years, 5+ years) of employment are bolded. Results presented if a job was held by ≥10 participants. Occupational results for architects, aircraft mechanics, railway workers, fisherman, sailors, seafarers, petroleum workers, and structural and sheet metal workers not shown due to small numbers. Industry results for blast furnace, coke oven, iron and steel, paper, and petroleum refining not shown due to small numbers.