Table 2

Hazard Ratios (HR) (whole cohort) and Odds Ratios (OR) (nested case-control study)1

ETS
Hazard ratios
Controls:



exposed/total

Exposure to ETS


at home and/or at work
1.34 (0.85 to 2.13)
71722/123479 (58%)
PAR%
0.16




ETS at work
1.65 (1.04 to 2.63)
58653/123479 (47%)
PAR%
0.24




ETS at home
1.03 (0.60 to 1.76)
23396/123479 (19%)
PAR%
0.006




ETS in childhood, daily (a)
2.00 (0.94 to 4.28)
10282/60182 (17%)
PAR%
0.14




Air pollution
Odds ratios

Living near heavy


traffic road
1.46 (0.89–2.40)
242/1990 (12%)
PAR%
0.05




Exposure to NO2 (b)
1.30 (1.02–1.66)
428/1562 (27%)
PAR%
0.07


(a) Reference category: never or seldom exposed to ETS in childhood; never smokers only

(b) more than 30 microgr/m3 vs. less than 30

1: 95% confidence intervals (in parenthesis) for ETS exposure (home and/or work), exposure to indicators of air pollution and lung cancer. Both OR and HR are adjusted by gender, age (plus or minus 5 years), smoking (former or never smoker), country, school years, energy intake, fruit and vegetable consumption, and physical activity. PAR% = population attributable risk % (see text).

Vineis et al. Environmental Health 2007 6:7   doi:10.1186/1476-069X-6-7

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