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. 2012 Sep 17;176(7):573–585. doi: 10.1093/aje/kws151

Figure 4.

Figure 4.

Results from a pooled analysis of tuberculosis as a risk factor for the development of lung cancer, International Lung Cancer Consortium, 1984–2011. The graph shows a forest plot of the association between tuberculosis and lung cancer risk by study center, smoking status, and histologic type. Models adjusted for age, sex, and pack-years of smoking. P values are from a test for heterogeneity across studies or across subgroups. “With removal” represents removal of the HMGU study. (CI, confidence interval; CREST, CREST (Cancer of the Respiratory Tract) Biorepository; Danish, Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Study; HMGU, Helmholtz Center Munich; KCI, Karmanos Cancer Institute; Liverpool, Liverpool Lung Project; MSKCC, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; NCI, National Cancer Institute; NELCS, New England Lung Cancer Study; New York, New York Multicenter Study; OR, odds ratio; RR, relative risk; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; SCLC, small cell lung cancer; Toronto, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute; UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles; UCSF, University of California, San Francisco; WSU, Wayne State University; WSU/KCI-1, Family Health Study; WSU/KCI-2, study of women's lung cancer epidemiology).