Table 4.
Risk of lung cancer in painters, stratified by histological subtype
| Work as painter | SqC | SCLC | AC | LCC | ||||
| Cases n=6414 | OR (95% CI)* | Cases n=2426 | OR (95% CI)* | Cases n=4014 | OR (95% CI)* | Cases n=667 | OR (95% CI)* | |
| Men | ||||||||
| Never | 6 139 | 1 | 2 322 | 1 | 3 854 | 1 | 637 | 1 |
| Ever | 275 | 1.38 (1.16 to 1.64) | 104 | 1.4 (1.09 to 1.78) | 160 | 1.23 (1.00 to 1.51) | 30 | 1.22 (0.80 to 1.86) |
| Duration employment (years) | ||||||||
| 1–5 | 83 | 1.28 (0.93 to 1.72) | 29 | 1.2 (0.77 to 1.87) | 45 | 1.02 (0.70 to 1.48) | 14 | 1.53 (0.81 to 2.91) |
| 6–17 | 79 | 1.52 (1.09 to 2.12) | 27 | 1.52 (0.95 to 2.42) | 40 | 1.29 (0.86 to 1.94) | 6 | 0.99 (0.39 to 2.51) |
| >17 | 109 | 1.46 (1.11 to 1.92) | 48 | 1.61 (1.12 to 2.31) | 75 | 1.48 (1.09 to 2.03) | 10 | 1.17 (0.58 to 2.37) |
| Test for trend, p value | ||||||||
| Men and Women | ||||||||
| Never | 6 904 | 1 | 2 913 | 1 | 5 462 | 1 | 836 | 1 |
| Ever | 279 | 1.35 (1.14 to 1.61) | 110 | 1.39 (1.09 to 1.76) | 176 | 1.23 (1.01 to 1.51) | 30 | 1.18 (0.77 to 1.80) |
| Duration employment (years) | ||||||||
| 1–5 | 89 | 1.24 (0.92 to 1.67) | 32 | 1.21 (0.79 to 1.86) | 54 | 1.05 (0.74 to 1.49) | 14 | 1.48 (0.78 to 2.82) |
| 6–17 | 80 | 1.48 (1.07 to 2.04) | 28 | 1.46 (0.92 to 2.31) | 44 | 1.26 (0.85 to 1.87) | 6 | 0.97 (0.38 to 2.45) |
| >17 | 109 | 1.47 (1.12 to 1.93) | 50 | 1.65 (1.15 to 2.37) | 78 | 1.53 (1.12 to 2.08) | 10 | 1.17 (0.58 to 2.37) |
| Test for trend, p value | <0.001 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.50 | ||||
*Adjusted for study, age, pack-years, time since quitting smoking, occupational exposures (list A and B jobs), sex (only for analysis of men and women combined).
AC, adenocarcinoma; LCC, large cell carcinoma; SCLC, small cell lung cancer; SqC, squamous cell carcinoma.