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Table 2 Joint effects of vaccination with BCG and/or vaccinia with history of serious infectious disease on melanoma risk a

From: The biography of the immune system and the control of cancer: from St Peregrine to contemporary vaccination strategies

Co-variable serious infectious disease

Vaccination with BCG and vaccinia

Concomitant effect (type of)

 

Yes

No

 

≥1

1.00 n = 96

1.21 ((0.67-2.06) n = 12

 

0

1.12 (0.30-4.30) n = 516

3.03 (1.58-5.97) n = 88

Cumulative

 

Vaccination with BCG or vaccinia

 

Serious infectious disease

   
 

Yes

No

 

≥1

1.00 n = 98

1.97 (1.14-3.56) n = 12

 

0

1.28 (0.35-4.90) n = 420

3.45 (1.79-6.80) n = 89

Cumulative

  1. aData expressed as Odds Ratios (95% Confidence intervals), adjusted for centre, sex, age, ethnic origin, skin type, freckling index, number of naevi and number of sunburns. n = number of cases and controls. Summarized from the FEBIM study [82, 83].
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