Table 5.
Lung Cancer Relative Risks (OR) and 95% CI in Relation to Ever Employment as Firefighter by Major Subtype of Lung Cancer
Fire-fighter | Controls | Adenocarcinoma | Squamous cell carcinoma | Small cell carcinoma | Other/unspecified | ||||||||
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Cases | OR2 | 95% CI | Cases | OR2 | 95% CI | Cases | OR2 | 95% CI | Cases | OR2 | 95% CI | ||
Never | 17,439 | 3,832 | 1.00 | Reference | 5,938 | 1.00 | Reference | 2,263 | 1.00 | Reference | 2,629 | 1.00 | Reference |
Ever | 104 | 24 | 1.03 | 0.64–1.67 | 34 | 1.03 | 0.66–1.60 | 15 | 1.03 | 0.57–1.87 | 13 | 0.84 | 0.46–1.55 |