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Table 2 Risk of renal cell carcinoma for a priori occupations and industries

From: A case–control study of occupation/industry and renal cell carcinoma risk

Job Code & Description

NEVER

EVER

< 5 YEARS

5+ YEARS

 

Case/Control

Case/Control

ORa[95% CI]

Case/Control

ORa[95% CI]

Case/Control

ORa[95% CI]

P-trend

OCCUPATION:

   

SOC 11–13: officials and administrators, other

983/1003

1.0

201/208

0.9[0.7-1.2]

38/57

0.7[0.4-1.1]

163/151

1.0[0.8-1.4]

0.81

SOC 1633: electrical and electronic engineers

1177/1199

1.0

7/12

0.6[0.2-2.0]

1/3

0.2[0.0-1.6E + 09]

6/9

0.8[0.2-3.1]

0.67

SOC 42: sales occupations, commodities except retail

1122/1161

1.0

62/50

1.4[0.9-2.1]

14/10

1.4[0.6-3.1]

48/40

1.4[0.9-2.1]

0.088

SOC 43: sales occupations, retail

903/927

1.0

281/284

1.0[0.9-1.2]

186/179

1.1[0.9-1.4]

95/105

0.9[0.7-1.3]

0.76

SOC 5123: firefighting occupations

1176/1204

1.0

8/7

1.4[0.4-4.7]

3/1

3.2[0.0-8.8E + 09]

5/6

1.1[0.3-4.8]

0.81

SOC 551: farmers (working proprietors)

1178/1207

1.0

6/4

2.4[0.5-11.3]

5/3

2.4[0.4-15.5]

1/1

2.2[0.0-5.3E + 13]

0.67

SOC 56: other agricultural & related occupations

1133/1160

1.0

51/51

1.0[0.7-1.6]

28/38

0.7[0.4-1.3]

23/13

2.1[1.0-4.5]*

0.094

 SOC 561: farm occupations, except managerial

1159/1187

1.0

25/24

1.2[0.6-2.1]

14/18

0.7[0.3-1.5]

11/6

3.2[1.0-10.1]*

0.060

 SOC 5612: general farm workers

1180/1205

1.0

4/6

0.9[0.3-2.9]

1/4

0.2[0.0-1.3E + 09]

3/2

3.3[0.4-27.8]

0.36

 SOC 5613: field crop & vegetable farm workers

1176/1202

1.0

8/9

1.0[0.3-3.0]

4/6

0.7[0.1-3.3]

4/3

1.7[0.2-11.2]

0.69

 SOC 562: related agricultural occupations

1158/1183

1.0

26/28

0.9[0.5-1.6]

14/21

0.7[0.3-1.5]

12/7

1.6[0.5-5.0]

0.61

SOC 61: mechanics and repairers

1065/1081

1.0

119/130

0.8[0.6-1.1]

36/25

1.2[0.7-2.2]

83/105

0.7[0.5-1.0]*

0.038

SOC 644: painters, paperhangers, and plasterers

1166/1193

1.0

18/18

1.0[0.5-2.1]

9/6

1.0[0.3-3.3]

9/12

1.1[0.4-3.1]

0.88

SOC 681–682: precision metal workers

1137/1177

1.0

47/34

1.2[0.8-1.9]

14/10

1.4[0.6-3.4]

33/24

1.2[0.7-2.0]

0.48

SOC 7643: printing machine operators & tenders

1176/1205

1.0

8/6

1.3[0.4-3.9]

6/3

2.1[0.4-10.4]

2/3

0.5[0.0-5.2]

0.71

SOC 7658: laundering and dry-cleaning machine operators and tenders

1177/1202

1.0

7/9

0.8[0.3-2.3]

4/6

0.6[0.1-2.4]

3/3

1.2[0.2-8.7]

0.997

SOC 772: assemblers

1043/1085

1.0

141/126

1.1[0.9-1.5]

67/55

1.2[0.8-1.8]

74/71

1.1[0.7-1.6]

0.61

SOC 821: motor vehicle operators

1030/1085

1.0

154/126

1.2[0.9-1.6]

62/49

1.3[0.9-2.1]

92/77

1.1[0.8-1.6]

0.56

SOC 8243: sailors and deckhands

1177/1202

1.0

7/9

1.2[0.4-3.4]

3/2

1.7[0.2-17.0]

4/7

1.0[0.3-3.5]

0.93

INDUSTRY:

   

SIC 01: agricultural production, crops

1161/1191

1.0

23/20

1.4[0.7-2.8]

13/15

0.9[0.4-2.3]

10/5

3.3[1.0-11.5]

0.051

SIC 02: agricultural production, livestock

1180/1204

1.0

4/7

0.4[0.1-1.7]

3/5

0.5[0.1-2.6]

1/2

0.3[0.0-1.5E + 09]

0.61

SIC 29: petroleum and coal productscpe

1177/1207

1.0

7/4

1.6[0.4-6.8]

2/1

2.0[0.0-1.4E + 11]

5/3

1.4[0.3-6.1]

0.59

SIC 3312: blast furnaces and steel mills

1142/1164

1.0

42/47

0.8[0.5-1.3]

20/17

1.5[0.8-2.9]

22/30

0.5[0.3-1.0]*

0.061

SIC 7216: dry-cleaning plants, except rug

1169/1198

1.0

15/13

2.0[0.9-4.4]

11/10

1.8[0.6-5.4]

4/3

2.5[0.4-14.4]

0.093

  1. a Adjusted for sex, age at reference date, race, study center, education level, history of hypertension, smoking status, BMI (5 years prior to interview) and family history of cancer. * P-value <0.05. P-trends ≤0.05 for duration (Never, <5 years, 5+ years) of employment are bolded. Results presented if a job was held by ≥10 participants. Occupational results for architects, aircraft mechanics, railway workers, fisherman, sailors, seafarers, petroleum workers, and structural and sheet metal workers not shown due to small numbers. Industry results for blast furnace, coke oven, iron and steel, paper, and petroleum refining not shown due to small numbers.
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