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Table 8 Risk of lung cancer by cigarette smoker type - Los Angeles County case-control study [69]

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

   

Cigarette smoker type

   

Exclusive regular

Exclusive menthol

Mixed menthol/regular

Any menthola

Gender/Race

No of cases

Adjusted

RR

RR (CI)

RR (CI)

RR (CI)

Both/Bothb

337

No

1.00

1.17 (0.74-1.85)

0.86 (0.64-1.17)

0.93 (0.70-1.23)

  

Age, racec and gender

1.00

1.10 (0.70-1.74)

0.83 (0.61-1.13)

0.89 (0.67-1.18)

  

Age, race, gender and othersd

1.00

1.04 (0.62-1.75)

1.01 (0.71-1.42)

1.02 (0.74-1.40)

  1. a RRs and CIs for any use estimated as described in additional file 1: Methods for deriving RR estimates.
  2. b Caucasians and African/American people.
  3. c The width of the estimated CI is taken to be the same as the width of the unadjusted estimates, so may be slightly too narrow.
  4. d The other adjustment factors were total pack-years and years since quitting.
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