TABLE 5.

Factors associated with false-negative diagnoses of asbestosis

	Odds ratio (95% CI)	p-value
Age at death years	0.95 (0.87–1.03)	0.24
Employment duration years	0.93 (0.86–1.02)	0.14
Latency years	1.01 (0.93–1.10)	0.78
Smoking	2.08 (0.48–9.08)	0.33
Chest radiograph quality
Acceptable versus good	12.33 (2.54–59.72)	0.00
Severity of asbestosis
Moderate versus mild	1.18 (0.24–5.71)	0.84
Severe versus mild	0.26 (0.04–1.73)	0.16
Lung cancer at autopsy	3.17 (0.39–25.80)	0.28
PTB at autopsy	8.45 (1.16–61.69)	0.04

PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis.