Table 3 |
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Age- and sex-adjusted relative risks for myeloma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among subjects with allergic conditions. |
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Myeloma |
non-Hodgkin's |
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Exposure |
Ne |
No |
RR |
95% CI |
Ne |
No |
RR |
95% CI |
|
|
|
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Asthma, hay fever or hives |
10 |
58 |
0.7 |
(0.4–1.4) |
22 |
83 |
1.1 |
(0.7–1.8) |
|
Hay fever |
10 |
62 |
0.9 |
(0.5–1.7) |
21 |
87 |
1.3 |
(0.8–2.2) |
|
Asthma |
0 |
75 |
- |
0 |
11 |
- |
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Hives |
1 |
67 |
0.5 |
(0.1–3.9) |
1 |
10 |
0.4 |
(0.0–2.6) |
|
Eczema* |
3 |
67 |
0.6 |
(0.2–2.0) |
8 |
87 |
1.3 |
(0.6–2.6) |
|
Eczema during childhood |
1 |
69 |
0.5 |
(0.1–3.7) |
6 |
89 |
2.3 |
(1.0–5.3) |
|
Allergic conditions** |
12 |
55 |
0.7 |
(0.4–1.4) |
27 |
69 |
1.3 |
(0.8–2.0) |
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Ne = No. of exposed cases, No = No. of unexposed cases. * At least one positive answer for eczema during childhood or allergic eczema. ** At least one positive answer for asthma, hay fever, eczema during childhood or allergic eczema. |
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Söderberg et al. BMC Public Health 2004 4:51 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-4-51 |
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