Table 2.
Comparison of occupational asbestos exposure from the job-exposure matrix (SYN-JEM) with expert-based assessment (RML) based on the national mesothelioma registry (ReNaM) guideline, PRIMATE study, Lombardy, Italy, 2000–2019.
| Occupational | Men | Women | All | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asbestos Exposure | RML | RML | RML | |||
| Ever | Never | Ever | Never | Ever | Never | |
| SYN-JEM | ||||||
| Ever | 200 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 208 | 42 |
| Never | 74 | 73 | 37 | 128 | 111 | 201 |
| Sensitivity | 0.73 | 0.18 | 0.65 | |||
| 95% CI * | 0.67; 0.78 | 0.09; 0.32 | 0.60; 0.70 | |||
| Specificity | 0.75 | 0.88 | 0.83 | |||
| 95% CI * | 0.65; 0.82 | 0.82; 0.93 | 0.77; 0.87 | |||
| Cohen’s kappa | 0.41 | 0.07 | 0.46 | |||
| 95% CI | 0.34; 0.48 | −0.01; 0.15 | 0.39; 0.53 | |||
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval. * Calculated with the Agresti–Coull formula.