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Table 3 Risk of renal cell carcinoma for a posteriori high- and low-risk occupations

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

Job Code and Description

NEVER

EVER

< 5 YEARS

5+ YEARS

P- trend

 

Case/Control

Case/Control

ORa[95% CI]

Case/Control

ORa[95% CI]

Case/Control

ORa[95% CI]

 

SOC 128: administrators, education & related fields

1179/1192

1.0

5/19

0.3 [0.1-0.8]*

1/3

0.20 [0.0-1.9E + 09]

4/16

0.3 [0.1-0.9]*

0.037

SOC 171: computer scientists b

1180/1195

1.0

4/16

0.2 [0.1-0.7]*

1/7

0.1 [0.0-0.7]*

3/9

0.3 [0.1-1.1]

0.054

SOC 2033: recreation workers

1175/1206

1.0

9/5

4.8 [1.7-13.9]*

7/5

---------

2/0

---------

 

SOC 25: librarians, archivists, and curators

1182/1203

1.0

2/8

0.2 [0.1-1.0]*

1/3

0.2 [0.0-1.3]

1/5

0.3 [0.0-1.4]

0.096

SOC 26: physicians and dentists

1179/1198

1.0

5/13

0.4 [0.2-0.8]*

1/2

0.5 [0.0-6.8]

4/11

0.4 [0.1-1.1]

0.067

SOC 36: health technologists and technicians

1135/1175

1.0

49/36

1.7 [1.1-2.6]*

19/14

1.7 [0.8-3.8]

30/22

1.6 [1.0-2.7]

0.043

SOC 397: programmers

1177/1195

1.0

7/16

0.3 [0.1-0.9]*

1/2

0.3 [0.0-1.0E + 09]

6/14

0.3 [0.1-1.0]*

0.042

SOC 403: supervisors: sales occupations, retail

1126/1133

1.0

58/78

0.7 [0.5-1.0]*

15/29

0.4 [0.2-0.7]*

43/49

0.9 [0.5-1.4]

0.36

SOC 46–47: administrative support occupations, including clerical

743/685

1.0

441/526

0.8 [0.6-0.9]*

128/161

0.8 [0.6-1.1]

313/365

0.7 [0.6-0.9]*

0.0086

 SOC 462: secretaries, stenographers and typists

1064/1062

1.0

120/149

0.7 [0.5-1.0]*

27/49

0.5 [0.3-0.8]*

93/100

0.8 [0.6-1.2]

0.31

 SOC 4696: file clerks

1174/1181

1.0

10/30

0.4 [0.2-0.7]*

7/22

0.4 [0.2-0.7]*

3/8

0.4 [0.1-1.4]

0.069

SOC 4715: billing clerks

1177/1193

1.0

7/18

0.4 [0.2-1.0]*

5/12

0.4 [0.1-1.4]

2/6

0.3 [0.1-0.8]*

0.019

SOC 474: mail & message distributing occupations c

1141/1146

1.0

43/65

0.7 [0.4-1.1]

22/27

0.8 [0.4-1.6]

21/38

0.5 [0.3-1.0]

0.050

SOC 475: material recording, scheduling & distributing clerks

1091/1094

1.0

93/117

0.7 [0.5-0.9]*

49/64

0.7 [0.5-1.1]

44/53

0.6 [0.4-1.0]

0.033

SOC 5216: food counter, fountain & related occupations

1165/1178

1.0

19/33

0.5 [0.3-1.0]*

14/28

0.5 [0.3-1.0]*

5/5

0.6 [0.1-3.0]

0.18

SOC 525–526: personal service occupations

1117/1104

1.0

67/107

0.7 [0.5-0.9]*

37/72

0.6 [0.4-0.9]*

30/35

0.8 [0.5-1.4]

0.18

 SOC 5263: welfare service aides

1178/1194

1.0

6/17

0.4 [0.2-1.0]*

3/12

0.3 [0.1-1.1]

3/5

0.6 [0.2-2.1]

0.20

SOC 615: electrical & electronic equipment repairers d

1157/1162

1.0

27/49

0.5 [0.3-0.8]*

7/13

0.6 [0.2-1.6]

20/36

0.5 [0.3-0.8]*

0.0065

SOC 7657: pressing machine operators

1177/1207

1.0

7/4

4.7 [1.3-17.4]*

5/3

5.1 [0.8-30.5]

2/1

4.1 [1.0-17.8]

0.044

SOC 8725: machine feeders and off-bearers

1158/1197

1.0

26/14

2.2 [1.1-4.3]*

16/10

1.9 [0.8-4.1]

10/4

3.2 [1.1-9.3]*

0.024

  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. Similar patterns of association were observed for: b SOC 171 and 1719; c SOC 474 and 4743; d SOC 615, 6151, and 6158. *P-value <0.05. P-trends <0.05 for duration (Never, <5 years, 5+ years) of employment are bolded. Results presented for a posteriori high- and low-risk occupations only if we observed (1) a significant association with ever employment or (2) both a significant association with duration of employment and P-value for ever employment of 0.10 or lower. Results presented if a job was held by >10 participants.
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