Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of lung cancer diagnosis by race

	Total		Whites		African-Americans		Others
n	51,930		46,554		2,299		3,077
	aOR	95% CI	aOR	95% CI	aOR	95% CI	aOR	95% CI
Race
Whites	1.00
African-American	1.20	0.97–1.48
Others	0.77	0.63–0.96*
BMI
Underweight/Normal	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Overweight	0.83	0.75–0.93*	0.83	0.75–0.93*	1.03	0.64–1.66	0.72	0.45–1.15
Obese	0.63	0.56–0.72*	0.64	0.56–0.73*	0.72	0.41–1.25	0.53	0.29–0.87*

Note. Adjusted for age, gender, education, family history of lung cancer, COPD, smoking status, and pack-years

*p<0.05