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Table 11 Other estimates for risk of lung cancer for > 15 years of mentholated cigarette smoking - Slone Epidemiology Center case-control study [53]

From: Systematic review of the epidemiological evidence comparing lung cancer risk in smokers of mentholated and unmentholated cigarettes

Analysis

Adjusted

RR (CI)

In current smokers

Age, race, gender and othersa

0.90 (0.62-1.31)

In smokers of filter cigarettes

Age, race, gender and othersa

0.95 (0.58-1.58)

In smokers with full information on cigarette type

Age, race, gender and othersa

0.70 (0.38-1.29)

Assuming smokers smoked mentholated cigarettes

where brand history unknown

Age, race, gender and othersa

0.95b

Assuming proportion of menthol use same when brand

history not known as when brand history is

known

Age, race, gender and othersa

0.88b

  1. a The other adjustment factors were year at interview, duration of smoking, cigarettes per day, years since quitting and proportion of years smoked filter cigarettes.
  2. b CI were not provided.