Table 2 Distribution of lung and other cancers in proband and spouse families
From: Familial aggregation of lung cancer in a high incidence area in China
Cancer | No. of affected persons in family a | Proband families | Spouse families | OR b | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | ||||
Lung cancer only | 1 | 109 | 14.8 | 81 | 10.9 | 2.82** | 1.95–4.82 |
2 | 29 | 3.9 | 11 | 1.5 | 3.00* | 1.15–5.97 | |
3 | 10 | 1.4 | 2 | 0.3 | 3.23* | 1.05–15.30 | |
4 | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | ’ | ’ | |
Cancer other than lung | 1 | 81 | 10.9 | 63 | 8.5 | 1.62 | 0.93–2.97 |
2 | 19 | 2.6 | 12 | 1.8 | 2.37* | 0.98–3.46 | |
3 | 8 | 1.1 | 4 | 0.5 | 2.59** | 1.32–5.37 | |
⩾4 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 4.57* | 0.99–21.9 | |
