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

Table 5.

Risk of clear cell renal cell carcinoma for select occupations and industries

Job Code & Description
NEVER
EVER
< 5 YEARS
5+ YEARS
P-trend
  Case/Control Case/Control ORa[95% CI] Case/Control ORa[95% CI] Case/Control ORa[95%CI]  
OCCUPATION:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SOC 171: computer scientists
688/1195
1.0
2/16
0.2[0.0-1.0]*
1/7
0.2[0.0-1.2]
1/9
0.2[0.0-1.7E + 09]
0.67
SOC 36: health technologists and technicians b
656/1175
1.0
34/36
2.0[1.2-3.2]*
13/14
2.1[0.9-4.8]
21/22
1.9[1.0-3.7]*
0.030
SOC 4122: insurance sales occupations
674/1195
1.0
16/16
2.2[1.0-4.8]
5/9
1.1[0.4-2.9]
11/7
3.4[1.1-10.1]*
0.029
SOC 4242: sales representatives, commercial and industrial equipment/supplies
675/1199
1.0
15/12
2.4[1.1-5.6]*
3/5
1.4[0.3-7.4]
12/7
3.0[1.1-8.2]*
0.028
SOC 46–47: administrative support occupations, including clerical
429/685
1.0
261/526
0.8[0.6-0.9]*
81/161
0.8[0.6-1.1]
180/365
0.7[0.6-0.9]*
0.012
 SOC 4696: file clerks
685/1181
1.0
5/30
0.3[0.2-0.8]*
4/22
0.4[0.1-0.8]*
1/8
0.3[0.1-1.4]
0.059
 SOC 475: material recording, scheduling &  distributing clerks
639/1094
1.0
51/117
0.6[0.4-0.9]*
27/64
0.6[0.4-1.0]
24/53
0.6[0.4-1.1]
0.048
SOC 507: private household cleaners & servants c
681/1201
1.0
9/10
3.5[1.2-10.2]*
5/8
2.7[0.7-10.7]
4/2
6.7[1.0-47.1]
0.029
SOC 56: other agricultural and related occupations
655/1160
1.0
35/51
1.2[0.8-2.0]
17/38
0.7[0.3-1.5]
18/13
3.1[1.4-6.8]*
0.0096
SOC 561: farm occupations, except managerial
671/1187
1.0
19/24
1.6[0.8-3.2]
9/18
0.8[0.3-1.9]
10/6
5.9[1.8-19.0]*
0.0020
SOC 61: mechanics and repairers d
628/1081
1.0
62/130
0.7[0.5-1.0]
20/25
1.1[0.5-2.2]
42/105
0.6[0.4-0.9]*
0.024
SOC 687: precision food production occupations
682/1207
1.0
8/4
3.5[1.1-10.8]*
3/1
11.1[0.0-3.5E + 10]
5/3
2.3[0.6-9.1]
0.14
INDUSTRY:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIC 01: agricultural production, crops
675/1191
1.0
15/20
3.0[1.0-8.9]*
6/15
0.6[0.2-2.1]
9/5
6.3[1.7-23.3]*
0.0050
SIC 5461: retail bakeries
680/1203
1.0
10/8
2.4[1.1-5.5]*
5/6
1.8[0.7-5.0]
5/2
4.5[1.0-20.6]
0.033
SIC 62: security, commodity brokers and services e
680/1203
1.0
10/8
3.5[1.2-10.0]*
3/5
2.1[0.4-10.5]
7/3
5.2[1.4-19.5]*
0.013
SIC 7216: dry-cleaning plants, except rug
677/1198
1.0
13/13
3.0[1.2-7.4]*
10/10
2.9[0.9-9.1]
3/3
3.7[0.6-25.4]
0.031
SIC 73: business services f
614/1033
1.0
76/178
0.6[0.5-0.9]*
37/91
0.7[0.4-1.1]
39/87
0.6[0.4-0.9]*
0.0046
 SIC 737: computer programming, data processing,  other repair
679/1184
1.0
11/27
0.5[0.3-1.0]
5/7
1.0[0.3-2.9]
6/20
0.4[0.2-0.9]*
0.024
SIC 8069: specialty hospitals, except psychiatric
689/1196
1.0
1/15
0.1[0.0-0.5]*
1/8
---------
0/7
---------
 
SIC 8082: home health care services
682/1202
1.0
8/9
3.2[1.1-9.6]*
5/4
6.7[1.6-28.4]*
3/5
1.4[0.2-8.6]
0.45
SIC 82: educational services g
596/992
1.0
94/219
0.7[0.5-0.9]*
40/91
0.7[0.4-1.0]*
54/128
0.7[0.5-0.9]*
0.014
SIC 8361: residential care
684/1176
1.0
6/35
0.4[0.2-0.9]*
4/17
0.6[0.2-1.8]
2/18
0.2[0.0-1.2]
0.055
SIC 88: private households
670/1176
1.0
20/35
2.4[1.3-4.4]*
11/21
2.1[1.0-4.5]
9/14
2.9[1.1-7.7]*
0.018
SIC 919: general government, nec
686/1188
1.0
4/23
0.4[0.1-1.0]*
2/5
1.9[0.4-10.0]
2/18
0.2[0.1-0.6]*
0.0047
SIC 9221: police protection h
673/1195
1.0
17/16
2.5[1.1-5.8]*
2/4
1.7[0.2-16.0]
15/12
2.6[1.0-6.7]*
0.039
SIC 97: national security and international affairs i 569/966 1.0 121/245 0.7[0.6-1.0]* 63/135 0.7[0.5-0.9]* 58/110 0.8[0.6-1.2] 0.35

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. Similar patterns of association were observed for: b SOC 36 and 369; c SOC 50 and 507; d SOC 615, 6151, and 6158; e SIC 62 and 621; f SIC 73 and 734; g SIC 82 and 8221; h SIC 922 and 9221; i SIC 97 and 971. *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. Results presented for occupations and industries associated with RCC risk except for SOC 507 and SIC 88.