Table 2 Covariates

From: Tricyclic antidepressants and the incidence of certain cancers: a study using the GPRD

Exposure

Status

Case

Control

OR

95%

CI

Smoking status

No

15 369

32 153

1

  
 

Ex

5911

10 263

1.23

1.19

1.28

 

Yes

7978

11 615

1.47

1.42

1.53

 

Missing

2695

7560

0.69

0.65

0.72

Alcohol use

No

4778

9542

1

  
 

Ex

348

572

1.24

1.08

1.43

 

Yes

21 028

38 670

1.09

1.05

1.14

 

Missing

5799

12 807

0.87

0.83

0.91

Mean BMI

Normal

10 713

19 466

1

  
 

Underweight

701

1020

1.26

1.14

1.39

 

Overweight

10 086

19 005

0.96

0.93

1.00

 

Obese

3191

6240

0.93

0.89

0.98

 

Morbidly obese

961

2008

0.88

0.81

0.95

 

Missing

6301

13 852

0.79

0.76

0.82

NSAID use

No

21 122

41 006

1

  
 

Yes

10 831

20 585

1.02

0.99

1.05

Statin use

No

26 957

51 933

1

  
 

Yes

4996

9658

1.00

0.96

1.04

Depression

No

23 890

47 458

1

  
 

Yes

8063

14 133

1.15

1.11

1.19

  1. Abbreviations: Ex=former smoker; NSAID=non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; BMI=body mass index; OR=odds ratio; CI=confidence interval.
  2. Changes in cancer risk for each of the covariates. These results are for all the studied cancer types grouped together, and hence do not describe differences in exposures between cancer type (see text).
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