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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2016 May 1;25(5):839–845. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-0626

Table 3.

Stratification Analysis: Hazard Ratios for Mortality of Cancer per 10 µg/m3 of PM2.5 in Male and Female Subjects

a) Male
All subjects Never smoker Ever smoker Interaction
Causes of Mortality n HR 95% CI P Value n HR 95% CI n HR 95% CI P value
All malignant 2043 1.31 1.13, 1.51 <0.001 553 1.23 0.90, 1.67 1490 1.33 1.13, 1.56 0.75
All digestive organs 791 1.29 1.01, 1.65 0.04 261 1.23 0.83, 1.83 530 1.32 0.98, 1.78 0.94
    Upper digestive tract 176 1.46 0.98, 2.18 0.06 54 1.49 0.79, 2.81 122 1.44 0.88, 2.35 0.31
    Lower digestive tract 311 1.21 0.81, 1.81 0.35 105 1.13 0.61, 2.07 206 1.23 0.76, 2.01 0.46
    Accessory organs 298 1.28 0.83, 1.96 0.26 101 1.09 0.55, 2.18 197 1.37 0.81, 2.32 0.98
Lung 677 1.36 1.05, 1.77 0.02 100 1.19 0.52, 2.74 577 1.37 1.05, 1.78 0.41
Male genital 143 1.02 0.51, 2.04 0.96 64 0.75 0.22, 2.61 79 1.16 0.49, 2.78 0.86
Urinary 87 1.03 0.48, 2.24 0.93 22 0.41 0.04, 3.84 65 1.14 0.56, 2.35 0.23
Lympho-hematopoietic 124 1.65 0.93, 2.94 0.09 49 0.97 0.36, 2.63 75 2.05 1.05, 4.02 0.59
b) Female
All subjects Never smoker Ever smoker Interaction
Causes of Mortality n HR 95% CI P Value n HR 95% CI n HR 95% CI P value
All malignant 2488 1.17 1.03, 1.32 0.02 2047 1.17 1.02, 1.34 441 1.12 0.82, 1.52 0.38
All digestive organs 943 1.16 0.96, 1.41 0.13 821 1.17 0.96, 1.44 122 1.01 0.59, 1.71 0.26
    Upper digestive tract 147 1.37 0.91, 2.05 0.13 127 1.35 0.89, 2.04 20 1.25 0.36, 4.27 0.52
    Lower digestive tract 408 0.88 0.64, 1.23 0.46 354 0.91 0.64, 1.28 54 0.72 0.26, 2.02 0.63
    Accessory organs 378 1.37 1.05, 1.80 0.02 332 1.36 1.01, 1.84 46 1.39 0.79, 2.45 0.58
Lung 731 0.99 0.77, 1.27 0.92 523 1.01 0.76, 1.36 208 0.95 0.61, 1.47 0.99
Breast 111 1.80 1.26, 2.55 0.001 99 1.66 1.10, 2.50 12 7.14 2.01, 25.4 0.10
Female genital 138 1.73 1.17, 2.54 0.006 126 1.65 1.07, 2.55 12 2.48 1.09, 5.61 0.53
Urinary 68 0.89 0.45, 1.79 0.75 53 1.03 0.54, 1.96 15 0.35 0.03, 4.18 0.30
Lympho-hematopoietic 186 1.12 0.62, 2.02 0.70 161 1.17 0.62, 2.19 25 0.84 0.26, 2.75 0.99