Table 3

Crude and adjusted hazards ratios (HRs) (95% CIs) for selected work related predictors of liver and biliary tract cancers (n=80)

VariablenPerson-yearsDeathsMortality / 100000CrudeAdjusted3-150
HR (95% CI)p Value3-151HR (95% CI)p Value3-151
Age at first exposure (y):0.080.16
 <2536191180812420.33ReferenceReference
 25–3441731362433928.631.5  (0.9  to  2.4)1.4  (0.8  to  2.3)
 ⩾352317622211727.322.0 (1.1 to  3.8)1.8 (1.0 to  3.5)
Duration of exposure (y):<0.0001<0.001
 <5477413620075.14ReferenceReference
 5–92383718061013.932.8 (1.1 to  7.4)2.8 (1.0 to  7.3)
 10–191992690153956.518.5 (3.8 to  19.1)9.0 (4.0 to  20.7)
 ⩾20960395242460.727.3 (3.1 to  17.0)6.0 (2.5 to  14.4)
Year of first exposure:0.0050.02
 <19502425926454851.81ReferenceReference
 1950–592806987292323.300.5 (0.3 to  0.9)0.5 (0.3 to  0.8)
 1960–72487812517197.190.3 (0.2 to  0.7)0.6 (0.3 to  1.4)
  • 3-150 Adjusted for age at first exposure, duration of exposure, and year of first exposure.

  • 3-151 Likelihood ratio test for equality of survivor functions controlling for time at risk.