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Table 1 Cox proportional hazard model of the association between veteran status and risk of all cancers and smoking-related cancers

From: Smoking-related cancer in military veterans: retrospective cohort study of 57,000 veterans and 173,000 matched non-veterans

 

Univariate

Multivariatea

Cancer

HR

95 % CI

P value

HR

95 % CI

P value

All cancers

0.98

0.94–1.01

0.197

0.98

0.94–1.01

0.171

 Birth year < 1960

1.00

0.96–1.04

0.976

0.99

0.96–1.04

0.873

 Birth year 1960 onwards

0.88

0.80–0.96

0.004

0.88

0.81–0.97

0.006

Lung cancer

1.22

1.09–1.36

0.001

1.16

1.04–1.30

0.008

Other smoking-related cancers

1.20

1.10–1.31

<0.001

1.18

1.08–1.29

<0.001

 Oropharyngeal/laryngeal cancer

1.25

1.09–1.44

0.002

1.21

1.05–1.39

0.009

 Oesophageal cancer

1.26

1.04–1.52

0.019

1.23

1.02–1.49

0.032

 Stomach cancer

1.27

1.00–1.61

0.052

1.24

0.98–1.58

0.074

 Kidney cancer

0.98

0.79–1.22

0.863

0.97

0.78–1.21

0.809

 Bladder cancer

1.21

0.98–1.49

0.082

1.21

0.98–1.49

0.077

  1. HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. aadjusted for Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation