Table 2.
Number of cases and controls, odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) by modality of exposure, according to the Italian National Mesothelioma Register (ReNaM) classification. Reference category: unlikely/unknown exposure, lag 10 years – the MISEM study, 2012–2015, Italy
| ReNaM exposure | Men and women | Men | Women | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Ctrls | ORa | CI | Cases | Ctrls | ORb | CI | Cases | Ctrls | ORb | CI | |
| Unlikely/unknown exposure | 122 | 382 | 1.00 | (ref) | 67 | 248 | 1.00 | (ref) | 55 | 134 | 1.00 | (ref) |
| Occupational, definite or probable | 343 | 110 | 14.8 | (10.3–21.2) | 306 | 96 | 15.8 | (10.5–23.8) | 37 | 14 | 8.80 | (3.66–21.2) |
| Occupational, possible | 61 | 80 | 3.02 | (1.93–4.75) | 48 | 67 | 2.82 | (1.68–4.72) | 13 | 13 | 3.70 | (1.34–10.3) |
| Familial | 40 | 45 | 4.63 | (2.67–8.02) | 14 | 28 | 2.55 | (1.15–5.62) | 26 | 17 | 10.3 | (4.10–26.1) |
| Residential | 44 | 75 | 2.39 | (1.42–4.03) | 20 | 42 | 2.14 | (1.07–4.28) | 24 | 33 | 3.24 | (1.33–7.86) |
| Other non-occupational | 13 | 23 | 2.58 | (1.17–5.72) | 7 | 8 | 4.67 | (1.49–14.6) | 6 | 15 | 2.16 | (0.64–7.29) |
| P-Wald test gender interaction | 0.07 | |||||||||||
| AIC | 1409.71 | 1002.86 | 416.62 | |||||||||
AIC:Akaike information criterion
aOR adjusted by centre, gender, age, and type of interview
bOR adjusted by centre, age, and type of interview