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Table 5 Odds Ratios (ORs) of lung cancer associated with ETS from all sources combined

From: Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and risk of lung cancer in Montreal: a case–control study

  

All subjects

Self-respondents only

  

Controls

Cases

   

Controls

Cases

   

Index

N=436

N=44

OR*

95%CI

N=410

N=32

OR*

95%CI

Duration (in hrs/d x yrs)

          
 

<=100

173

18

1

(ref.)

163

11

1

(ref.)

 

101-190

103

13

1.19

0.55

2.60

94

11

1.74

0.73

4.19

 

>190

160

13

0.86

0.40

1.85

153

10

0.97

0.40

2.36

Cumulative exposure (in pack-years)

        
 

<=2.5

176

18

1

(ref.)

163

11

1

(ref.)

 

2.5-6

101

12

1.37

0.61

3.06

96

11

1.68

0.70

4.04

 

>6

159

14

0.96

0.45

2.04

151

10

0.98

0.40

2.38

  1. *Adjusted for sex, age, median income, and proxy (if applicable).