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. 2012 Dec 14;7:25. doi: 10.1186/1745-6673-7-25

Table 3.

EPILYMPH study: Multiple Myeloma and lifelong occupation: Adjusted Odds Ratios by level of education, age, gender and centre and 95% CI with two-digit ISCO codes

Job title (ISCO code)
N
N
OR
95% CI
  cases controls    
Teachers (13)
16
57
1.67
0.87 - 3.21
Managers (21)
12
39
1.44
0.73 - 2.74
Clerical supervisors (30)
53
248
0.40
0.03 - 3.96
Typists, stenographers (32)
31
115
1.20
0.43 - 3.35
Bookkeepers (33)
27
98
1.12
0.71 - 1.77
Telephone and telegraph operators (38)
6
4
6.17
1.71 - 22.2
Office clerks (39)
19
116
0.62
0.37 - 1.03
Insurance, real estate and auctioneers (45)
27
105
0.98
0.63 - 1.54
Cooks, waiters, related services (53)
18
69
0.99
0.57 - 1.70
Maids and housekeeping service workers (54)
25
86
1.11
0.69 - 1.79
Cleaners and related workers (55)
27
63
1.69
1.04 - 2.72
Farmers (61)
22
51
1.77
1.05 - 2.99
Agriculture and husbandry workers (62)
50
205
0.92
0.64 - 1.31
Spinners, dyers and related workers (75)
12
52
0.87
0.46 - 1.67
Tailors, sewers and related workers (79)
17
79
0.81
0.47 - 1.41
Blacksmiths, toolmakers and machine operators (83)
23
81
1.10
0.67 - 1.79
Plumbers, welders, and structural metal preparers (87)
12
52
0.86
0.45 - 1.65
Printers and related workers (92)
11
21
2.06
0.97 - 4.34
Bricklayers and construction workers (95)
31
122
0.97
0.64 - 1.48
Material handling and equipment operators (97)
24
83
1.1
0.68 - 1.79
Transport equipment operators (98) 18 93 0.71 0.41 - 1.20