Table 1.
Characteristics of cases and controls, the MISEM study, 2012–2015, Italy
| Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Controls | Cases | Controls | |||||
| N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |
| Total | 463 | (48.6) | 490 | (51.4) | 163 | (41.7) | 228 | (58.3) |
| Age (years): | ||||||||
| < 50 | 9 | (1.9) | 24 | (4.9) | 4 | (2.5) | 18 | (7.9) |
| 50–54 | 17 | (3.7) | 30 | (6.1) | 6 | (3.7) | 7 | (3.1) |
| 55–59 | 30 | (6.5) | 45 | (9.2) | 10 | (6.1) | 17 | (7.5) |
| 60–64 | 42 | (9.1) | 54 | (11.0) | 12 | (7.4) | 24 | (10.5) |
| 65–69 | 90 | (19.4) | 117 | (23.9) | 16 | (9.8) | 43 | (18.9) |
| 70–74 | 111 | (24.0) | 102 | (20.8) | 46 | (28.2) | 51 | (22.4) |
| 75–79 | 92 | (19.9) | 62 | (12.7) | 30 | (18.4) | 25 | (11.0) |
| 80–84 | 57 | (12.3) | 38 | (7.8) | 29 | (17.8) | 25 | (11.0) |
| 85 + | 15 | (3.2) | 18 | (3.7) | 10 | (6.1) | 18 | (7.9) |
| Centre: | ||||||||
| Piedmont | 167 | (36.1) | 159 | (32.5) | 67 | (41.4) | 108 | (47.4) |
| Lombardy | 146 | (31.5) | 141 | (28.8) | 59 | (36.2) | 62 | (27.2) |
| Veneto | 55 | (11.9) | 106 | (21.6) | 19 | (11.7) | 37 | (16.2) |
| Tuscany | 65 | (14.0) | 26 | (5.3) | 14 | (8.6) | 7 | (3.1) |
| Apulia | 30 | (6.5) | 58 | (11.8) | 4 | (2.5) | 14 | (6.1) |
| Interview: | ||||||||
| Direct | 353 | (76.2) | 454 | (92.7) | 97 | (59.5) | 217 | (95.2) |
| Next of kin | 110 | (23.8) | 36 | (7.4) | 66 | (40.5) | 11 | (4.8) |
| Blue collar jobs: | ||||||||
| Ever | 403 | (87.0) | 361 | (74.0) | 112 | (68.7) | 130 | (57.0) |
| Never | 60 | (13.0) | 127 | (25.9) | 50 | (30.7) | 98 | (43.0) |
| Always | 238 | (51.4) | 164 | (33.5) | 79 | (48.5) | 80 | (35.1) |
| Number of jobs: | ||||||||
| Mean | 3.86 | 3.47 | 2.48 | 2.42 | ||||
| Std deviation | 2.14 | 2.05 | 1.68 | 1.66 | ||||