Table 1.

Epidemiological reports on gender in tuberculosis and lung cancer

References	Country	Num. subjects	Finds
Steinitz [21]	Israel	15,400	LC RR was 7.98–9.76 for males aged 45–64 years and 10.8 for females aged 45 years and over
Horikoshi [22]	Japan	80,000	The MR was high at 4.88 for males and 9.69 for females
Takatorige [23]	England/Wales	3119	LC RR was 6.88 for males and 13.77 for females
Gao et al. [24]	China	30,373	The MR ratio was1.72 for males and 2.79 for females
Clemmesen [25]	Denmark	2790	LC RR was 2.58 for males without INH treatment and 4.55 for females

LC lung cancer, RR relative risk, MR mortality ratios