Risk estimates for lung cancer: outcomes of expert assessment and job–exposure matrices
| Country | Expert assessment | Population-specific JEM | DOM-JEM | ||||
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | ||
| Asbestos | Czech Republic | 0.98 | 0.61 to 1.59 | 1.13 | 0.75 to 1.70 | 1.23 | 0.85 to 1.78 |
| Hungary | 0.82 | 0.44 to 1.53 | 0.45 | 0.20 to 1.00 | 1.21 | 0.83 to 1.75 | |
| Poland | 0.88 | 0.56 to 1.37 | 0.95 | 0.62 to 1.46 | 1.22 | 0.92 to 1.61 | |
| Romania | 2.09 | 0.99 to 4.41 | 1.05 | 0.52 to 2.15 | 1.50 | 0.91 to 2.48 | |
| Russia | 0.77 | 0.47 to 1.27 | 0.57 | 0.33 to 0.98 | 0.96 | 0.74 to 1.26 | |
| Slovakia | 1.03 | 0.60 to 1.74 | 1.33 | 0.83 to 2.12 | 1.22 | 0.82 to 1.82 | |
| CEE together | 0.99 | 0.80 to 1.22 | 0.98 | 0.80 to 1.21 | 1.18 | 1.03 to 1.36 | |
| UK | 2.23 | 1.36 to 3.67 | 1.49 | 0.90 to 2.47 | 1.42 | 0.87 to 2.32 | |
| Overall | 1.12 | 0.93 to 1.37 | 1.04 | 0.86 to 1.26 | 1.19 | 1.05 to 1.36 | |
| Heterogeneity | p=0.0211 | p=0.0263 | p=0.4362 | ||||
| DME | Czech Republic | 2.12 | 1.41 to 3.19 | 1.85 | 1.24 to 2.78 | 1.89 | 1.31 to 2.73 |
| Hungary | 0.81 | 0.56 to 1.18 | 1.07 | 0.74 to 1.56 | 0.88 | 0.61 to 1.27 | |
| Poland | 1.18 | 0.85 to 1.63 | 1.20 | 0.89 to 1.64 | 1.15 | 0.87 to 1.53 | |
| Romania | 0.62 | 0.35 to 1.09 | 0.68 | 0.40 to 1.16 | 1.08 | 0.64 to 1.82 | |
| Russia | 0.89 | 0.66 to 1.22 | 0.87 | 0.65 to 1.16 | 0.74 | 0.56 to 0.98 | |
| Slovakia | 1.27 | 0.84 to 1.93 | 1.07 | 0.72 to 1.59 | 1.43 | 0.97 to 2.12 | |
| CEE together | 1.09 | 0.94 to 1.27 | 1.09 | 0.94 to 1.26 | 1.09 | 0.95 to 1.25 | |
| UK | 1.00 | 0.61 to 1.63 | 0.71 | 0.43 to 1.18 | 0.65 | 0.40 to 1.08 | |
| Overall | 1.08 | 0.94 to 1.25 | 1.05 | 0.91 to 1.21 | 1.05 | 0.92 to 1.20 | |
| Heterogeneity | p=0.0006 | p=0.0072 | p=0.0003 | ||||
| Silica | Czech Republic | 1.35 | 0.91 to 2.00 | 1.44 | 0.98 to 2.12 | 1.28 | 0.85 to 1.94 |
| Hungary | 1.28 | 0.85 to 1.93 | 0.89 | 0.56 to 1.41 | 1.18 | 0.82 to 1.70 | |
| Poland | 1.13 | 0.86 to 1.48 | 1.17 | 0.89 to 1.54 | 1.17 | 0.84 to 1.62 | |
| Romania | 1.76 | 1.00 to 3.10 | 2.11 | 1.17 to 3.83 | 1.83 | 0.87 to 3.84 | |
| Russia | 1.00 | 0.76 to 1.31 | 0.89 | 0.68 to 1.18 | 1.30 | 0.91 to 1.86 | |
| Slovakia | 1.35 | 0.89 to 2.03 | 1.44 | 0.96 to 2.16 | 1.10 | 0.71 to 1.70 | |
| CEE together | 1.22 | 1.06 to 1.41 | 1.20 | 1.04 to 1.39 | 1.27 | 1.08 to 1.49 | |
| UK | 1.71 | 1.04 to 2.81 | 1.80 | 1.08 to 2.98 | 1.14 | 0.55 to 2.36 | |
| Overall | 1.26 | 1.10 to 1.44 | 1.24 | 1.08 to 1.43 | 1.26 | 1.08 to 1.47 | |
| Heterogeneity | p=0.2169 | p=0.0085 | p=0.8599 | ||||
ORs are adjusted for centre, age, tobacco smoking, gender and list A occupations.
CEE, Central and Eastern Europe; DME, diesel motor emissions.