| SOC | SOC description | Cases | Controls | OR (95% CI) | |
| All subjects | 11 | Officials and administrators, public administration | 21 | 23 | 0.71 (0.39 to 1.30) |
| 12 & 13 | Officials and administrators, other (12–13) | 218 | 201 | 0.82 (0.66 to 1.03) | |
| 132 | Production managers, industrial | 11 | 17 | 0.41 (0.19 to 0.89) | |
| 14 | Management-related occupations | 73 | 62 | 0.97 (0.68 to 1.39) | |
| 144 | Purchasing agents and buyers | 20 | 7 | 2.33 (0.98 to 5.58) | |
| 1449 | Purchasing agents and buyers, NEC | 17 | 5 | 2.79 (1.02 to 7.66) | |
| 16 | Engineers, surveyors and architects | 59 | 55 | 0.82 (0.55 to 1.21) | |
| 17 | Computer, mathematical, and operations research occupations | 20 | 22 | 0.72 (0.39 to 1.35) | |
| 204 | Religious workers | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2042 | Clergy | 7 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Teachers; college, university and other post-secondary institution | 86 | 82 | 0.87 (0.63 to 1.20) | |
| 224 | Post-secondary teachers | 51 | 64 | 0.66 (0.45 to 0.97) | |
| 2249 | Teachers; post-secondary, NEC | 47 | 60 | 0.65 (0.44 to 0.97) | |
| 23 | Teachers, except post-secondary institution | 57 | 45 | 1.05 (0.70 to 1.58) | |
| 29 | Registered nurses | 34 | 29 | 1.08 (0.64 to 1.81) | |
| 3033 | Physical therapists | 6 | 0 | ||
| 32 | Writers, artists, performers and related workers | 65 | 43 | 1.23 (0.82 to 1.84) | |
| 33 | Editors, reporters, public relations specialists and announcers | 6 | 18 | 0.27 (0.11 to 0.69) | |
| 36 | Health technologists and technicians | 34 | 26 | 1.10 (0.65 to 1.87) | |
| 366 | Licensed practical nurses | 14 | 6 | 2.53 (0.94 to 6.79) | |
| 37 | Engineering and related technologists and technicians | 29 | 26 | 0.87 (0.50 to 1.51) | |
| 39 | Technicians; except health, engineering, and science | 40 | 31 | 0.93 (0.57 to 1.51) | |
| 41 | Insurance, securities, real estate and business service sales occupations | 42 | 37 | 0.89 (0.57 to 1.41) | |
| 4122 | Insurance sales occupations | 16 | 5 | 2.64 (0.96 to 7.30) | |
| 42 | Sales occupations, commodities except retail | 63 | 41 | 1.14 (0.76 to 1.71) | |
| 43 | Sales occupations, retail | 159 | 138 | 0.90 (0.70 to 1.16) | |
| 45 | Supervisors; administrative support occupations, including clerical | 33 | 28 | 0.96 (0.57 to 1.61) | |
| 46 & 47 | Administrative support occupations, including clerical (46–47) | 452 | 430 | 0.80 (0.66 to 0.96) | |
| 464 | Information clerks | 44 | 21 | 1.83 (1.07 to 3.14) | |
| 4644 | Reservation agents and transportation ticket clerks | 9 | 1 | 6.62 (0.83 to 52.69) | |
| 471 | Financial record processing occupations | 47 | 57 | 0.65 (0.43 to 0.98) | |
| 479 | Miscellaneous administrative support occupations, including clerical | 170 | 186 | 0.72 (0.55 to 0.93) | |
| 4799 | Administrative support occupations, including clerical, NEC | 129 | 159 | 0.61 (0.46 to 0.82) | |
| 50 | Private household occupations | 54 | 37 | 1.27 (0.81 to 1.97) | |
| 503 | Launderers and ironers | 12 | 3 | 3.89 (1.06 to 14.20) | |
| 51 | Protective service occupations | 34 | 37 | 0.76 (0.47 to 1.24) | |
| 52 | Service occupations, except private household and protective | 317 | 231 | 1.26 (1.03 to 1.55) | |
| 5211 | Supervisors; food/beverage preparation and service occupations | 6 | 0 | ||
| 5217 | Kitchen workers, food preparation | 9 | 1 | 7.75 (0.97 to 61.90) | |
| 5241 | Supervisors; cleaning and building service workers | 8 | 2 | 3.31 (0.69 to 15.78) | |
| 5252 | Barbers | 6 | 2 | 2.26 (0.45 to 11.29) | |
| 5253 | Hairdressers and cosmetologists | 17 | 7 | 2.09 (0.84 to 5.17) | |
| 55 | Farm operators and managers | 77 | 67 | 0.91 (0.63 to 1.31) | |
| 56 | Other agricultural and related occupations | 71 | 48 | 1.23 (0.83 to 1.81) | |
| 61 | Mechanics and repairers | 109 | 78 | 1.13 (0.82 to 1.55) | |
| 64 | Construction trades | 104 | 72 | 1.15 (0.83 to 1.60) | |
| 6462 | Carpet and soft tile installers | 5 | 0 | ||
| 68 | Precision production occupations | 106 | 66 | 1.26 (0.91 to 1.74) | |
| 6816 | Precision grinders, fitters and tool sharpeners | 7 | 1 | 5.07 (0.62 to 41.72) | |
| 6817 | Patternmakers and model makers (metal) | 6 | 0 | ||
| 75 | Machine operators and tenders (75–76) | 37 | 24 | 1.17 (0.69 to 1.98) | |
| 7518 | Drilling and boring machine operators and tenders | 6 | 0 | ||
| 76 | Machine operators and tenders (75–76) | 82 | 62 | 1.07 (0.75 to 1.51) | |
| 764 | Printing machine operators and tenders | 17 | 6 | 2.02 (0.79 to 5.17) | |
| 7643 | Printing machine operators and tenders | 16 | 5 | 2.31 (0.84 to 6.37) | |
| 77 | Fabricators, assemblers and hand-working occupations | 97 | 82 | 0.97 (0.71 to 1.33) | |
| 78 | Production inspectors, testers, samplers and weighers | 29 | 30 | 0.78 (0.46 to 1.32) | |
| 82 | Transportation occupations | 139 | 106 | 1.10 (0.83 to 1.46) | |
| 83 | Material moving occupations, except transportation | 42 | 37 | 0.91 (0.57 to 1.45) | |
| 87 | Handlers, equipment cleaners and labourers | 166 | 118 | 1.17 (0.90 to 1.53) | |
| 876 | Miscellaneous manual occupations | 30 | 10 | 2.73 (1.31 to 5.68) | |
| 8761 | Hand packers and packagers | 22 | 7 | 3.00 (1.26 to 7.14) | |
| 91 | Military occupations | 85 | 80 | 0.88 (0.63 to 1.23) | |
| 99 | Miscellaneous occupations | 70 | 59 | 0.97 (0.68 to 1.40) | |
| Males | 30 | Pharmacists, dieticians, therapists and physicians’ assistants | 5 | 6 | 0.61 (0.18 to 2.07) |
| 33 | Editors, reporters, public relations specialists and announcers | 4 | 12 | 0.27 (0.09 to 0.87) | |
| 43 | Sales occupations, retail | 90 | 56 | 1.27 (0.88 to 1.83) | |
| 46 & 47 | Administrative support occupations, including clerical (46–47) | 167 | 146 | 0.91 (0.69 to 1.19) | |
| 52 | Service occupations, except private household and protective | 122 | 93 | 1.08 (0.79 to 1.47) | |
| 64 | Construction trades | 103 | 67 | 1.25 (0.89 to 1.75) | |
| 71 | Supervisors; production occupations | 10 | 2 | 4.36 (0.94 to 20.21) | |
| 82 | Transportation occupations | 134 | 90 | 1.34 (0.99 to 1.83) | |
| Females | 30 | Pharmacists, dieticians, therapists and physicians’ assistants | 9 | 2 | 4.22 (0.90 to 19.80) |
| 33 | Editors, reporters, public relations specialists and announcers | 2 | 6 | 0.27 (0.05 to 1.37) | |
| 43 | Sales occupations, retail | 69 | 82 | 0.65 (0.45 to 0.92) | |
| 46 & 47 | Administrative support occupations, including clerical (46–47) | 285 | 284 | 0.71 (0.54 to 0.93) | |
| 52 | Service occupations, except private household and protective | 195 | 138 | 1.42 (1.07 to 1.86) | |
| 64 | Construction trades | 1 | 5 | 0.14 (0.02 to 1.22) | |
| 71 | Supervisors; production occupations | 1 | 3 | 0.26 (0.03 to 2.50) | |
| 82 | Transportation occupations | 5 | 16 | 0.24 (0.09 to 0.66) | |
| Follicular | 33 | Editors, reporters, public relations specialists and announcers | 1 | 18 | 0.20 (0.03 to 1.56) |
| 46 & 47 | Administrative support occupations, including clerical (46–47) | 119 | 430 | 0.83 (0.62 to 1.11) | |
| 52 | Service occupations, except private household and protective | 78 | 231 | 1.21 (0.88 to 1.66) | |
| DLBCL | 33 | Editors, reporters, public relations specialists and announcers | 0 | 18 | |
| 46 & 47 | Administrative support occupations, including clerical (46–47) | 140 | 430 | 0.84 (0.64 to 1.10) | |
| 52 | Service occupations, except private household and protective | 96 | 231 | 1.19 (0.89 to 1.59) |
DLBCL, diffuse large B cell lymphoma; NCI-SEER, National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results; NEC, not elsewhere classified; NHL, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; OR, odds ratio; SOC, four-digit occupation code.
ORs adjusted for age group, gender, ethnicity and study centre.
Note: Statistically significant (p<0.05) results are in bold-face type.