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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

From: Pleural mesothelioma risk by industry and occupation: results from the Multicentre Italian Study on the Etiology of Mesothelioma (MISEM)

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

 
  1. AIC:Akaike information criterion
  2. aOR adjusted by centre, gender, age, and type of interview
  3. bOR adjusted by centre, age, and type of interview