TABLE 4.

Cancer Mortality, Male US Air Force Fighter Aviators (n = 34,760), and Other Officers (n = 293,667), Exposure Period of 1970–2004, Followed Through 2018

	Fighter Aviators		Other Officers∗
	No.	%	No.	%	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)†
Colon and rectum	168	0.48	1480	0.50	0.96 (0.82–1.13)	0.92 (0.78–1.08)
Pancreas	166	0.48	1311	0.45	1.07 (0.91–1.26)	0.97 (0.82–1.14)
Melanoma skin	88	0.25	601	0.20	1.24 (0.99–1.55)	1.14 (0.91–1.44)
Prostate	197	0.57	1750	0.60	0.95 (0.82–1.10)	0.89 (0.76–1.03)
Testis	3	0.01	21	0.01	1.21 (0.29–3.68)	1.58 (0.46–5.49)
Urinary bladder	62	0.18	521	0.18	1.01 (0.77–1.31)	0.91 (0.69–1.19)
Kidney and renal pelvis	68	0.20	562	0.19	1.02 (0.79–1.32)	0.92 (0.71–1.18)
Brain and nervous system	92	0.26	812	0.28	0.96 (0.77–1.19)	0.87 (0.70–1.09)
Thyroid	11	0.03	51	0.01	1.82 (0.91–3.41)	1.54 (0.79–2.99)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	119	0.34	863	0.29	1.17 (0.96–1.41)	1.08 (0.88–1.31)

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

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

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