TABLE 2.

Cancer Incidence, US Air Force Fighter Aviators (n = 34,976), and Other Officers (n = 316,262), Exposure Period of 1970–2004, Followed Through 2018

	Fighter Aviators		Other Officers∗
	No.	%	No.	%	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)†
Males	n = 34,760		n = 274,451
Colon and rectum	387	1.11	2946	1.07	1.04 (0.93–1.15)	1.00 (0.89–1.12)
Pancreas	169	0.49	1316	0.47	1.01 (0.86–1.19)	0.94 (0.76–1.11)
Melanoma skin	416	1.20	2375	0.87	1.39 (1.25–1.54)	1.24 (1.11–1.38)
Prostate	2124	6.11	12,637	4.60	1.35 (1.29–1.41)	1.23 (1.17–1.30)
Testis	43	0.12	244	0.09	1.39 (1.01–1.93)	1.29 (1.15–2.12)
Urinary bladder	305	0.88	2204	0.80	1.09 (0.97–1.23)	1.04 (0.92–1.18)
Kidney and renal pelvis	78	0.22	657	0.24	0.94 (0.74–1.19)	0.87 (0.68–1.12)
Brain and nervous system	104	0.30	861	0.31	0.95 (0.78–1.17)	0.88 (0.71–1.10)
Thyroid	72	0.21	463	0.17	1.23 (0.96–1.58)	1.12 (0.86–1.44)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	309	0.89	1963	0.72	1.25 (1.10–1.40)	1.15 (0.99–1.21)
Females	n = 216		n = 41,811
Melanoma skin	1	0.46	121	0.29	1.60 (0.08–8.10)	1.58 (0.35–18.2)
Thyroid	1	0.46	194	0.46	1.00 (0.05–5.01)	1.18 (0.29–10.5)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	1	0.46	105	0.25	1.85 (0.09–9.36)	1.62 (0.55–37.2)

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

^∗Matched on sex, age group at active duty entrance, and age group at incidence censoring.

^†Adjusted for race and exact age at incidence censoring.