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Table 12 Risk of lung cancer in current smokers according to preference for mentholated cigarettes - Second American Health Foundation multicentre case-control study [83]

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

Gender

Race

No. of cases

Adjusted

RR (CI)

Male

White people

799

Nonea

0.79 (0.61-1.01)

   

Othersb

0.83 (0.63-1.09)

 

Black people

164

Nonea

0.72 (0.46-1.11)

   

Othersb

1.34 (0.79-2.29)

 

Combined

963

Nonea

0.80 (0.65-0.99)

   

Racea

0.77 (0.62-0.96)

   

Race, othersa,b

0.92 (0.72-1.17)

Female

White people

701

Nonea

0.50 (0.37-0.68)

   

Othersb

0.61 (0.44-1.06)

 

Black people

102

Nonea

0.66 (0.38-1.16)

   

Othersb

0.79 (0.41-1.54)

 

Combined

803

Nonea

0.52 (0.40-0.67)

   

Racea

0.53 (0.41-0.70)

   

Race, othersa,b

0.66 (0.46-0.95)

Combined

White people

1500

Nonea

0.66 (0.54-0.80)

   

Gendera

0.65 (0.54-0.79)

   

Othersa,b

0.76 (0.60-0.96)

 

Black people

266

Nonea

0.70 (0.49-0.98)

   

Gendera

0.70 (0.49-0.98)

   

Othersa,b

1.09 (0.72-1.65)

 

Combined

1766

Nonea

0.68 (0.57-0.80)

   

Gender, racea

0.66 (0.56-0.79)

   

Gender, race, othersa,b

0.83 (0.68-1.02)

  1. a RRs and CIs were derived as described in additional file 1: Methods for deriving RR estimates.
  2. b The other adjustment factors were age, education, body mass index and pack-years.