Table 5

The association between family history of previous cancer and risk of lung cancer in a population based case-control study, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, 1997-2002

Total Population n = 1393

Never smokers n = 622


Case, n

Control, n

ORa

95%CI

Case, n

Control, n

ORb

95%CI

445

948

156

466

No family history of any cancer

246

563

1.0

Refc

95

293

1.0

Refd

Positive family history of any cancer

1

141

292

1.1

0.8-1.4

42

134

0.9

0.6-1.4

2 or more

58

93

1.3

0.9-1.9

19

39

1.4

0.8-2.8

Affected relatives age at onset < 50

82

126

1.3

0.9-1.9

28

48

1.8

1.0-3.2

Positive family history of aero-digestive cancer

45

78

1.2

0.8-1.8

11

34

0.9

0.4-1.9

Positive family history of lung cancer

30

63

1.0

0.6-1.7

8

26

0.9

0.4-2.1


aAdjusted for pack-years smoking, age, sex, education and ethnicity

bAdjusted for age, sex, education and ethnicity

cReference group consists of all participants with no family history of cancer

dReference group consists of never smokers with no family history of cancer

Brenner et al. BMC Cancer 2010 10:285   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-10-285

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