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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2015 Feb;57(2):202–209. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000337

TABLE 4.

Lung Cancer OR Among Cooks Stratified by Histological Subtype of Lung Cancer, With and Without Adjustment for Smoking

Histology Unexposed Cases/Controls Exposed Cases/Controls OR1 95% CI OR2 95% CI
Men
 Adenocarcinoma 3,832/17,804 91/330 1.21 0.95–1.53 0.92 0.71–1.19
 Squamous cell carcinoma 6,117/17,804 141/330 1.39 1.14–1.71 1.03 0.82–1.29
 Small cell carcinoma 2,320/17,804 53/330 1.35 1.00–1.82 1.04 0.76–1.44
 Large cell carcinoma 641/17,804 12/330 0.94 0.52–1.70 0.71 0.39–1.30
 Missing/mixed/unspecified cell type 1,989/17,804 43/330 1.15 0.83–1.61 0.86 0.60–1.23
Women
 Adenocarcinoma 1,425/4,561 79/258 0.99 0.76–1.29 0.94 0.71–1.25
 Squamous cell carcinoma 640/4,561 59/258 1.63 1.20–2.21 1.73 1.22–2.45
 Small cell carcinoma 516/4,561 43/258 1.35 0.96–1.92 1.48 0.98–2.24
 Large cell carcinoma 182/4,561 5/258 0.49 0.20–1.21 0.51 0.20–1.32
 Missing/mixed/unspecified cell type 507/4,561 28/258 1.04 0.69–1.56 0.98 0.64–1.50

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

OR1 Adjusted for study and age.

OR2 Adjusted for study, age, tobacco pack-years, and time since quitting smoking.