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. 2013 Feb;143(2):305–314. doi: 10.1378/chest.12-1699

Table 2.

—The Relationship Between Lung Cancer and HIV Infection

Study Study Duration Location SIR 95% CI
Grulich et al29 1980-1993 Australia 3.8 1.39-8.29
Cooksley et al30 1975-1994 Texas 0.7 0.4-1.1
Gallagher et al31 1981-1994 New York 3.3 2.86-3.75
Parker et al13 1990-1995 Texas 6.5 4.5-8.9
Frisch et al8 1978-1996 11 US areas 4.5 4.2-4.8
1978-1996 2.8 2.4-3.1
Grulich et al29 1985-1999 Australia 1.44 0.84-2.30
Herida et al32 1996-1999 (men) France 2.12 1.67-2.65
1992-1995 (men) 1.13 0.71-1.72
1996-1999 (women) 6.59 3.40-11.52
1992-1995 (women) 1.08 0.01-5.98
Hessol et al33 1990-2000 San Francisco, CA 2.6 2.1-3.2
Engels et al3 1980-1989 11 US regions 2.5 1.9-3.3
1990-1995 3.3 2.9-3.8
1996-2002 2.6 2.1-3.1
Bower et al15 1986-1996 England 0.8 0.2-1.4
1997-2002 6.7 3.5-9.9
Engels et al34 1991-2002 Multiple US areas 2.6 2.1-3.1
Clifford et al35 1985-2003 Switzerland 3.2 1.7-5.4
Patel et al5 1992-1995 13 US areas SRR = 3.5 2.5-4.9
1996-1999 SRR = 3.8 2.8-5.0
2000-2003 SRR = 3.6 2.8-4.6
Dal Maso et al36 1986-1996 Italy 2.1 1.2-3.3
1997-2004 4.1 2.9-5.5
Bedimo et al37 1997-2004 United States IRR = 2.0 1.8-2.2
Long et al4 1996-2005 Baltimore, MD 5.5 3.7-8.0
Guiguet et al28 1998-2006 (CD4 count > 500) France RR = 1.0
1998-2006 (CD4 count 350-499) RR = 2.2 1.3-3.6
Powles et al6 1983-1995 Europe 0 0.00-1.52
1996-2001 3.1 1.34-6.11
2002-2007 2.37 1.14-4.36
Silverberg et al38 1996-2007 California RR = 1.9 1.4-2.5
Shiels et al39 1996-2007 Multiple US areas 3 2.8-3.2
Engsig et al25 1995-2009 Denmark IRR = 2.38 1.61-3.53
Grulich et al29, a 1978-2003 Meta-analysis 2.72 1.91-3.87
Shiels et al9, a 1981-2005 Meta-analysis 2.6 2.1-3.1
Chaturvedi et al40, b 1980-2002 (−60 to +60 mo AIDS onset) 11 US regions 3.8 3.6-4.1
1980-2002 (−6 to +3 mo AIDS onset) 10.5 9.7-11.4
Kirk et al41, b 1988-2003 Baltimore, MD HR = 3.6 (risk of death) 1.6-7.9
Engels et al18, b 1989-2003 Baltimore, MD SIR = 2.5 1.6-3.5
Shiels et al42, b 1988-2007 Baltimore, MD HR = 2.3 (risk of lung cancer) 1.1-5.1
HR = 3.8 (risk of death) 0.92-15

HR = hazard ratio; IRR = incidence rate ratio; RR = relative risk; SIR = standardized incidence rate; SRR = standardized rate ratio.

a

Meta-analysis.

b

Adjusted for smoking.