Table 4 Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for lung cancer by histological type according to filter/nonfilter cigarette consumption and age

From: Filter cigarette smoking and lung cancer risk; a hospital-based case–control study in Japan

  

Cases

 

Controls

Squamous cell carcinoma

Adenocarcinoma

All lung cancers

 

No.

No.

OR1a (95% CI)

OR2b (95% CI)

No.

OR1a (95% CI)

OR2b (95% CI)

No.

OR1a (95% CI)

OR2b (95% CI)

All subjects

          

 Mixed

80

114

1.00 (ref.)

1.00 (ref.)

84

1.00 (ref.)

1.00 (ref.)

259

1.00 (ref.)

1.00 (ref.)

 Filter

82

23

0.52 (0.27–1.03)

0.55 (0.27–1.15)

53

0.88 (0.47–1.63)

0.83 (0.44–1.59)

97

0.70 (0.40–1.15)

0.70 (0.41–1.21)

Age 54

          

 Mixed

12

5

1.00 (ref.)

1.00 (ref.)

4

1.00 (ref.)

1.00 (ref.)

13

1.00 (ref.)

1.00 (ref.)

 Filter

53

8

0.38 (0.10–1.42)

0.38 (0.10–1.45)

33

2.01 (0.60–6.81)

2.54 (0.66–9.79)

54

1.00 (0.42–2.40)

1.05 (0.43–2.56)

55 age 64

          

 Mixed

34

33

1.00 (ref.)

1.00 (ref.)

24

1.00 (ref.)

1.00 (ref.)

72

1.00 (ref.)

1.00 (ref.)

 Filter

25

13

0.38 (0.10–1.42)

0.49 (0.18–1.35)

18

1.05 (0.46–2.43)

0.83 (0.33–2.11)

37

0.68 (0.34–1.36)

0.62 (0.29–1.35)

Age 65

          

 Mixed

34

76

1.00 (ref.)

1.00 (ref.)

56

1.00 (ref.)

1.00 (ref.)

174

1.00 (ref.)

1.00 (ref.)

 Filter

4

2

0.36 (0.05–2.24)

0.30 (0.05–1.97)

2

0.30 (0.05–1.74)

0.28 (0.05–1.71)

6

0.31 (0.08–1.21)

0.31 (0.08–1.20)

  1. Mixed= nonfilter-exclusive smoker or filter/nonfilter-mixed smoker; Filter= filter-exclusive smoker.
  2. aAdjusted ORs were presented after controlling for age and prefecture for all subjects, and for prefecture for each age-specific stratum.
  3. bAdditional control for number of cigarettes smoked per day.