TABLE 2.
DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY POPULATION
|
Characteristics |
Cases (n = 13,304) |
% |
Controls (n = 16,282) |
% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||||||
| Men | 10,812 | 81.3 | 13,031 | 80 | ||||
| Women | 2,492 | 18.7 | 3,251 | 20 | ||||
| Age, yr | ||||||||
| <45 | 499 | 3.8 | 662 | 4.1 | ||||
| 45–49 | 752 | 5.7 | 849 | 5.2 | ||||
| 50–54 | 1,330 | 10 | 1,669 | 10.3 | ||||
| 55–59 | 2,087 | 15.7 | 2,385 | 14.6 | ||||
| 60–64 | 2,610 | 19.6 | 3,098 | 19 | ||||
| 65–69 | 2,892 | 21.7 | 3,686 | 22.6 | ||||
| 70–74 | 2,375 | 17.9 | 3,145 | 19.3 | ||||
| 75+ | 759 | 5.7 | 788 | 4.8 | ||||
| Smoking status | ||||||||
| Never smokers* | 801 | 6 | 4,773 | 29.3 | ||||
| Former smokers | 3,827 | 28.8 | 6,369 | 39.1 | ||||
| Current smokers | 8,676 | 65.2 | 5,137 | 31.6 | ||||
| Unknown/missing | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| “List A” job, occupation with known lung cancer risk | ||||||||
| Never | 11,714 | 88 | 15,018 | 92.2 | ||||
| Ever | 1,590 | 12 | 1,264 | 7.8 | ||||
| Lifetime prevalence of occupational diesel motor exhaust exposure | ||||||||
| OVERALL | 5,628 | 42.3 | 5,962 | 36.6 | ||||
| AUT | 1,604 | 50.4 | 1,295 | 39.9 | ||||
| EAGLE | 592 | 30.8 | 624 | 29.9 | ||||
| HdA | 635 | 63.3 | 577 | 57.6 | ||||
| INCO_Cz. Rep | 132 | 43.4 | 137 | 30.3 | ||||
| INCO_Hungary | 181 | 46.3 | 146 | 47.9 | ||||
| INCO_Poland | 247 | 31.2 | 233 | 27.9 | ||||
| INCO_Romania | 36 | 20.1 | 46 | 20.4 | ||||
| INCO_Russia | 196 | 32.7 | 203 | 35 | ||||
| INCO_Slovakia | 146 | 42.3 | 94 | 33 | ||||
| INCO_UK | 199 | 45 | 408 | 44.5 | ||||
| LUCA | 137 | 46.6 | 132 | 45.2 | ||||
| LUCAS | 335 | 33 | 682 | 29.6 | ||||
| MONTREAL | 427 | 36.3 | 506 | 33.6 | ||||
| MORGEN | 13 | 20.3 | 27 | 14.4 | ||||
| PARIS | 67 | 39.6 | 76 | 33.5 | ||||
| ROME | 146 | 44.4 | 128 | 39.5 | ||||
| TURIN |
535 |
48.6 |
648 |
43.2 |
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*
The PARIS study included only smokers.