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. 2015 Dec 22;8(3):198–205. doi: 10.4168/aair.2016.8.3.198

Table 8. Risk of IgG sensitization to dust EVs to lung cancer subtype expression.

Squamous cell (n=94) Adenocarcinoma (n=90) Small cell (n=70)
Odds ratio
(95% CI)
P value Odds ratio
(95% CI)
P value Odds ratio
(95% CI)
P value
Aging 1.2 (1.1-1.3) <0.001 1.2 (1.1-1.2) <0.001 1.2 (1.1-1.3) <0.001
Female gender 0.1 (0.0-0.8) 0.03 1.8 (0.5-6.8) 0.37 0.3 (0.1-1.5) 0.15
Cigarette smoking 6.5 (1.5-29.0) 0.01 2.8 (0.7-10.1) 0.13 9.1 (2.0-41.3) 0.004
Anti-EV IgG (+)* 81.1 (10.4-631.2) <0.001 27.2 (7.4-99.7) <0.001 61.6 (9.0-421.6) <0.001

*High serum IgG against dust EVs; Linear logistic regression analysis vs the control group.