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Table 20 Meta-analyses of risk of lung cancer by long term use of mentholated cigarettes

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

 

Number of

Estimates

RR (95% CI)

  

Heterogeneity

χ2(df), p

  

Fixed-effect

 

Random-effects

 

Overall

4

0.95 (0.80-1.13)

 

0.95 (0.80-1.13)

0.95 (3), 0.81

Males

4

1.11 (0.88-1.39)

 

1.13 (0.86-1.47)

3.76 (3), 0.29

Females

4

0.78 (0.60-1.01)

 

0.78 (0.60-1.01)

2.84 (3), 0.42

White people

2

1.02 (0.71-1.46)

 

1.02 (0.71-1.46)

0.01 (1), 0.92

Black people

2

1.09 (0.66-1.81)

 

1.09 (0.66-1.81)

0.30 (1), 0.59

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