|
Variable
|
Glioma cases
|
Controls
|
|---|
|
(n = 1800)
|
(n = 5160)
|
|---|
|
Age, mean (SD)
|
50.6 (10.0)
|
51.2 (9.7)
|
|
Males, n (%)
|
1116 (62.0)
|
2308 (44.7)
|
|
Education, n (%)
|
|
Primary/secondary
|
766 (42.6)
|
2253 (43.7)
|
|
Intermediate college/professional
|
391 (21.7)
|
1085 (21.0)
|
|
Tertiary
|
643 (35.7)
|
1822 (35.3)
|
|
Proxy respondent, n (%)
|
257 (14.3)
|
23 (0.4)
|
|
Country, n (%)
|
|
Australia
|
277 (15.4)
|
665 (12.9)
|
|
Canada
|
169 (9.4)
|
649 (12.6)
|
|
France
|
93 (5.2)
|
471 (9.1)
|
|
Germany
|
366 (20.3)
|
1494 (29.0)
|
|
Israel
|
282 (15.7)
|
698 (13.5)
|
|
New Zealand
|
75 (4.2)
|
160 (3.1)
|
|
United Kingdom
|
538 (29.9)
|
1023 (19.8)
|
|
Tumor histology, n (%)
|
|
Glioblastomas
|
848 (47.1)
|
-
|
|
Other
|
952 (52.9)
|
-
|
|
Occupational Prestige Scale (SIOPS), mean (SD)
|
43.2 (11.5)
|
44.0 (11.8)
|
|
Marital status, n (%)
|
|
Single
|
159 (8.9)
|
431 (8.4)
|
|
Married
|
1422 (79.3)
|
4035 (78.3)
|
|
Divorced
|
142 (7.9)
|
494 (9.6)
|
|
Widowed
|
62 (3.5)
|
190 (3.7)
|
|
Don’t know
|
8 (0.4)
|
5 (0.1)
|
|
Missing
|
7 (−)
|
5 (−)
|
|
Smoking status
|
|
Never
|
906 (50.3)
|
2521 (48.9)
|
|
Ex-smoker
|
386 (21.4)
|
1212 (23.5)
|
|
Current
|
508 (28.2)
|
1427 (27.7)
|
|
Asthma, hay fever, eczema, n (%)
|
416 (23.1)
|
1380 (26.7)
|
- *Cases were statistically different from controls at p < 0.05 in terms of the following variables: age, sex, proxy respondent, country, occupational prestige, marital status, and asthma, hay fever and/or eczema
