|
Populations (n)
|
Study type: |
Administrative (linkage of administrative records or PMR/PCMR/MOR studies) | 23 |
Industrial cohort | 88 |
Industry based (nested) case-control study | 7 |
Population or hospital based case-control study | 43 |
Cases: |
Exocrine pancreatic cancers only | 32 |
All pancreatic cancers | 127 |
Unspecified | 2 |
Diagnosis of cases: |
Histological | 47 |
Other (clinical: radiology, necropsy, etc) | 2 |
Mortality files | 96 |
Mixed | 9 |
Unknown | 7 |
Ascertainment of cases: |
Mortality files | 98 |
Cancer registry files | 40 |
Hospital records | 21 |
Mixed | 1 |
Unspecified | 1 |
Sex: |
Men | 112 |
Women | 8 |
Both men and women or unspecified | 41 |
Risk measure: |
SMR (standardised mortality ratio) | 68 |
SIR (standardised incidence ratio) | 17 |
PMR (proportional mortality ratio) | 18 |
MOR (mortality odds ratio) | 1 |
HR (hazard ratio) | 3 |
OR (odds ratio) | 50 |
RR (risk ratio)1-150
| 4 |
Source of exposure data: |
Industrial hygiene measurements | 4 |
Job exposure matrix | 15 |
Expert assessment | 25 |
Job titles1-151
| 57 |
Other1-152
| 19 |
Mixed | 37 |
Unknown | 4 |
Time reference of exposure: |
Last or around diagnosis | 17 |
Earlier cross section | 9 |
Lifetime longitudinal | 47 |
Less than lifetime longitudinal | 80 |
Other | 1 |
Unknown | 7 |
Total | 161 |