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. 2016 Apr 19;124(9):1384–1389. doi: 10.1289/EHP236

Table 3.

Adjusted hazard ratios for all-cause and cause-specific mortality by years of coal use in Shanghai Women’s Health Study.

Cause of death (ICD-9 codes) Never > 0–15 years > 15–30 years > 30 years p-Trendc
Deathsa HR (95% CI)b Deathsa HR (95% CI)b Deathsa HR (95% CI)b Deathsa HR (95% CI)b
All-cause 1,308 1.00 (reference) 638 1.13 (1.02, 1.24) 790 1.10 (1.00, 1.20) 1,072 1.14 (1.05, 1.25) 0.0035
Cancer (140–208) 575 1.00 (reference) 290 1.18 (1.02, 1.37) 359 1.19 (1.04, 1.36) 396 1.08 (0.95, 1.24) 0.16
Lung cancer (162) 117 1.00 (reference) 56 1.18 (0.85, 1.63) 79 1.34 (1.00, 1.80) 80 1.09 (0.81, 1.47) 0.34
Cardiovascular (390–459) 276 1.00 (reference) 130 1.07 (0.86, 1.32) 167 1.08 (0.89, 1.32) 286 1.32 (1.11, 1.57) 0.0023
Ischemic heart disease (410–414) 47 1.00 (reference) 25 1.25 (0.76, 2.05) 37 1.46 (0.94, 2.27) 71 1.91 (1.30, 2.80) 0.0008
Myocardial infarction (410) 29 1.00 (reference) 18 1.43 (0.78, 2.62) 29 1.86 (1.09, 3.16) 44 1.98 (1.21, 3.22) 0.0044
Stroke (430–438) 185 1.00 (reference) 85 1.03 (0.79, 1.34) 105 0.95 (0.74, 1.22) 159 1.05 (0.84, 1.31) 0.82
Ischemic stroke (434) 74 1.00 (reference) 29 0.92 (0.59, 1.43) 49 1.17 (0.81, 1.70) 67 1.10 (0.77, 1.55) 0.45
Hemorrhagic stroke (430–432) 99 1.00 (reference) 47 1.04 (0.73, 1.50) 46 0.77 (0.53, 1.10) 72 0.94 (0.68, 1.30) 0.43
Gastrointestinal (520–579) 26 1.00 (reference) 13 1.21 (0.61, 2.41) 20 1.38 (0.76, 2.54) 22 1.14 (0.63, 2.08) 0.57
Kidney disease (580–593) 25 1.00 (reference) 14 1.31 (0.67, 2.57) 11 0.82 (0.40, 1.69) 21 1.21 (0.66, 2.22) 0.78
Diabetes (250) 23 1.00 (reference) 14 1.22 (0.62, 2.43) 19 1.28 (0.68, 2.40) 33 1.51 (0.86, 2.64) 0.15
aWomen were excluded from analyses of specific causes of death if they reported a history of corresponding diseases at baseline. bAdjusted for age, smoking status, environmental tobacco smoke, occupation, education, shift work, BMI, hormone replacement therapy, family income, parity, alcohol drinking, marital status, caloric intake, physical activity, and stove ventilation. cp-Trend calculated by treating categorical coal years as ordinal variables and modeling it continuously.