Table 2 Cox proportional hazard model of the association between veteran status and risk of lung cancer

Overall

1.22

1.09–1.36

0.001

1.16

1.04–1.30

0.008

Sex

Men

1.23

1.09–1.38

0.001

1.17

1.04–1.31

0.008

Women

1.09

0.72–1.66

0.671

1.07

0.70–1.62

0.760

Birth year

1945–1949

1.12

0.95–1.32

0.174

1.07

0.91–1.27

0.399

1950–1954

1.53

1.26–1.85

<0.001

1.44

1.19–1.74

<0.001

1955–1959

1.12

0.84–1.49

0.440

1.06

0.80–1.42

0.675

1960–1964

0.87

0.47–1.61

0.664

0.87

0.47–1.61

0.656

1965 onwards

0.43

0.10–1.90

0.267

0.45

0.10–1.96

0.287

ESL status

ESL

1.46

1.22–1.75

<0.001

1.32

1.10–1.58

0.002

Non-ESL

1.10

0.96–1.26

0.173

1.08

0.99–1.22

0.291