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Table 3 Cox proportional hazard model of the association between veteran status and risk of other smoking-related cancersa

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

  

Univariate

Multivariateb

Subgroup

 

HR

95 % CI

P value

HR

95 % CI

P value

Overall

 

1.20

1.10–1.31

<0.001

1.18

1.08–1.29

<0.001

Sex

Men

1.18

1.08–1.29

<0.001

1.16

1.06–1.27

0.001

Women

1.21

0.75–1.96

0.424

1.21

0.75–1.95

0.430

Birth year

1945–1949

1.29

1.12–1.48

<0.001

1.26

1.10–1.43

0.001

1950–1954

1.29

1.10–1.50

0.002

1.25

1.07–1.46

0.005

1955–1959

0.99

0.79–1.23

0.899

0.97

0.78–1.21

0.798

1960–1964

1.04

0.75–1.43

0.817

1.05

0.76–1.45

0.774

1965 onwards

0.98

0.53–1.83

0.959

0.99

0.53–1.84

0.977

ESL status

ESL

1.26

1.08–1.46

0.003

1.20

1.03–1.39

0.017

Non-ESL

1.18

1.07–1.32

0.001

1.18

1.06–1.31

0.002

  1. HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, ESL Early Service Leaver – left service before completing initial term of engagement
  2. astomach, oesophagus, oropharynx and larynx, bladder, kidney
  3. badjusted for Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation