Study (ref)11-150 | Asbestos RR (95% CI) in non-smokers | Test of additivity U | Test of multiplicativity V (95% CI) | Deviance | Fitted effects (multiplicative model) | ||||||
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A | S | AS | |||||||||
McDonald et al 24 | 1.65 (0.64 to 4.33) | −0.60 | 0.61 (0.25 to 1.49) | 1.16 | 1.05 | 3.54 | 3.71 | ||||
Cheng and Kong11-151 25 | 5.44 | 2.72 | 0.98 | — | — | — | — | ||||
Zhu and Wang26 | 3.78 (1.25 to 11.4) | 6.45 | 1.60 (0.43 to 5.90) | 0.47 | 5.33 | 2.65 | 14.13 | ||||
Berryet al(1971–80):1 | |||||||||||
Men | 1.78 | ∞ | 1.37 | 1.61 | 2.33 | 3.76 | |||||
Women | 1.26 | Undefined | 0.00 | ∞ | 2.26 | ∞ | |||||
Combined | 1.62 (0.13 to 8.51) | ||||||||||
Acheson et al 27 | ∞ | 1.57 | Undefined | 0.00 | ∞ | 2.57 | ∞ | ||||
Meurman et al 28 | 0.83 (0.01 to 64.6) | 0.06 | 1.19 (0.07 to 20.4) | 0.01 | 0.97 | 6.87 | 6.69 | ||||
Hilt et al 29 | 0.00 | 20.32 | ∞ | 0.54 | 4.17 | 6.08 | 25.36 |