Table 10
Summary statistics for cohort and occupational studies (group B)
| Study (ref)2-150 | Asbestos RR (95% CI) in non-smokers |
Test of additivity U |
Test of multiplicativity V (95% CI) | Deviance | Fitted effects (multiplicative model) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | S | AS | |||||||||
| Neuberger and Kundi2-151 30 | ≃1.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| McDonald et al 24 | 4.07 (2.03 to 7.29) | 0.93 | 0.38 (0.21 to 0.79) | 10.12 | 1.63 | [7.13] | 11.64 | ||||
| Berryet al (1960–70)1 | 5.00 (0.13 to 27.9) | 10.47 | 0.61 (0.10 to 25.7) | 0.25 | 3.06 | [7.13] | 21.80 | ||||
| Berryet al (1971–80):1 | |||||||||||
| Men | ∞ | 0.16 | 2.70 | [7.13] | 19.24 | ||||||
| Women | 0.32 (0.09 to 1.75) | 3.51 | 5.52 | [7.13] | 39.40 | ||||||
| Combined | 11.5 (2.38 to 33.7) | 2.65 | |||||||||
| Achesonet al 27 | 6.06 (0.15 to 33.8) | 3.33 | 0.36 (0.06 to 14.7) | 0.36 | 2.25 | [7.13] | 16.02 | ||||
| Oksaet al:31 | |||||||||||
| Asbestos sprayers | 0.00 | 68.64 | ∞ | 0.16 | 9.96 | [7.13] | 71.04 | ||||
| Patients with asbestosis | 0.00 | 75.59 | ∞ | 1.03 | 11.11 | [7.13] | 79.20 | ||||
| Patients with silicosis | 0.00 | 16.21 | ∞ | 0.52 | 3.03 | [7.13] | 21.60 | ||||
| Meurman et al 28 | 3.21 (0.08 to 17.8) | 14.53 | 1.05 (0.18 to 46.4) | 0.00 | 3.34 | [7.13] | 23.85 | ||||
| Elmes and Simpson32 | 0.00 | 106.8 | ∞ | 0.00 | 15.83 | [7.13] | 112.9 | ||||
| Hughes and Weill33 | 0.00 | ≃7 | ∞ | Low | ≃2 | [7.13] | ≃14 | ||||
| Selikoff et al 34 | 25.00 (8.12 to 58.3) | 2.31 | 0.19 (0.07 to 0.61) | 15.85 | 5.10 | [7.13] | 36.39 | ||||
| Selikoff and Hammond35 | 8.44 (1.02 to 30.5) | 59.14 | 1.22 (0.32 to 10.4) | 0.08 | 10.24 | [7.13] | 73.01 | ||||
| Hammondet al 36 | 5.71 (1.56 to 14.6) | 38.22 | 0.95 (0.47 to 2.21) | 0.02 | 4.91 | [10.85] | 53.37 | ||||
