Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2015 Nov 14;138(7):1626–1633. doi: 10.1002/ijc.29902

Table 2.

Weighted analysis for RCC risk and occupational sunlight exposure, stratified by race

ALL WHITES BLACKS
Cases Controls Cases Controls Cases Controls
Sunlight N (%a) N (%a) OR (95%CI) P-trendb N (%a) N (%a) OR (95%CI) P-trendb N (%a) N (%a) OR (95%CI) P-trendb lrt
Cumulative Exposure (low exposure-unit years)
<4.19 315 (24.8) 301 (21.8) 1.00 [Ref] 227 (24.3) 156 (21.5) 1.00 [Ref] 88 (26.5) 145 (22.8) 1.00 [Ref]
≥4.19-<6.30 281 (23.0) 300 (24.1) 0.80 (0.61 to 1.06) 191 (21.7) 163 (23.4) 0.78 (0.57 to 1.07) 90 (26.8) 137 (26.0) 0.88 (0.55 to 1.42)
≥6.30-<9.00 262 (23.2) 303 (26.5) 0.67 (0.50 to 0.90) 194 (24.3) 192 (27.5) 0.69 (0.49 to 0.97) 68 (20.0) 111 (23.4) 0.65 (0.38 to 1.12)
≥9 .00 321 (29.0) 301 (27.7) 0.74 (0.56 to 0.99) 228 (29.8) 186 (27.7) 0.78 (0.54 to 1.11) 93 (26.7) 115 (27.7) 0.68 (0.42 to 1.11)
0.03 0.20 0.07 0.83
Frequency-Adjusted Duration of Exposure (years)
<4.17 315 (24.8) 301 (21.7) 1.00 [Ref] 227 (24.3) 156 (21.3) 1.00 [Ref] 88 (26.5) 145 (22.7) 1.00 [Ref]
≥4.17-<6.24 285 (23.2) 302 (24.1) 0.80 (0.61 to 1.06) 194 (22.0) 161 (23.1) 0.79 (0.58 to 1.08) 91 (26.8) 141 (27.1) 0.85 (0.54 to 1.35)
≥6.24-<8.68 263 (23.5) 301 (26.1) 0.66 (0.49 to 0.89) 193 (24.4) 188 (27.0) 0.67 (0.48 to 0.94) 70 (20.9) 113 (23.6) 0.68 (0.40 to 1.16)
≥8.68 316 (28.5) 301 (28.1) 0.70 (0.52 to 0.94) 226 (29.3) 192 (28.7) 0.70 (0.48 to 1.03) 90 (25.9) 109 (26.6) 0.69 (0.42 to 1.13)
0.01       0.07 0.09 0.81
Frequency-Adjusted Duration of Exposure Among Only Low Intensity Jobs (years)
<4.17 309 (28.7) 294 (24.1) 1.00 [Ref] 222 (28.0) 152 (23.5) 1.00 [Ref] 87 (30.6) 142 (25.8) 1.00 [Ref]
≥4.17-<6.24 273 (26.3) 286 (26.0) 0.81 (0.61 to 1.07) 186 (25.0) 154 (24.8) 0.80 (0.58 to 1.10) 87 (29.9) 132 (29.6) 0.86 (0.53 to 1.39)
≥6.24-<8.68 235 (24.9) 274 (27.1) 0.63 (0.47 to 0.86) 174 (26.1) 175 (28.1) 0.64 (0.45 to 0.90) 61 (21.4) 99 (24.0) 0.65 (0.38 to 1.10)
≥8.68 188 (20.2) 212 (22.9) 0.56 (0.40 to 0.79) 135 (20.9) 141 (23.7) 0.55 (0.36 to 0.85) 53 (18.1) 71 (20.6) 0.60 (0.34 to 1.05)
0.0003 0.004 0.04 0.54
Frequency-Adjusted Duration of Exposure Among Any High Intensity Jobs (years)
<8.68 46 (25.4) 50 (30.6) 1.00 [Ref] 32 (24.9) 24 (27.9) 1.00 [Ref] 14 (27.2) 26 (36.2) 1.00 [Ref]
≥8.68 128 (74.6) 89 (69.4) 1.23 (0.72 to 2.11) 91 (75.1) 51 (72.1) 1.06 (0.48 to 2.33) 37 (72.8) 38 (63.8) 1.78 (0.57 to 5.56)
0.66

Abbreviations: BMI- body mass index; CI- confidence interval; lrt- likelihood ratio test; N, number; OR- odd ratio; RCC- renal cell carcinoma; Ref- reference.

Analyses adjusted for sex, race, smoking status, age, BMI, hypertension, family history of cancer, education, center and dietary vitamin D intake.

a

A sample-weighted frequency distribution.

b

P-value from sample Wald F-test.