TABLE 2.

Characteristics of former asbestos mineworkers with asbestos-related diseases diagnosed at autopsy

	Asbestosis	Mesothelioma	Lung cancer
Subjects	77	27	22
Age at death years	67.8# (48.1–93.0)	62.0 (44.2–82.7)	65.4 (46.8–91.5)
Interval from clinical assessment to death years	5.4¶ (0.4–7.4)	4.5 (0.3–6.3)	4.3 (0.7–7.0)
Employment duration in asbestos mines years	4.3¶ (0.3–31.0)	3.0 (0.3–18.0)	2.0 (0.3–20.5)
Latency years	36.0 (16.0–53.0)	29.0 (16.0–56.0)	30.0 (15.0–53.0)
Interval from first asbestos exposure to death years	41.0#,¶ (21.0–58.0)	34.0 (21.0–57.0)	35.0 (20.0–57.0)

Data are presented as n or median (range). ^#: significant difference between asbestosis and mesothelioma cases (Kruskal–Wallis test; p≤0.05); ^¶: significant difference between asbestosis and lung cancer cases (Kruskal–Wallis test; p≤0.05).