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Table 1 Characteristics of cases and control subjects*

From: Solvent exposure and malignant lymphoma: a population-based case-control study in Germany

 

Control subjects

(n = 710)

All lymphoma

(n = 710)

Hodgkin lymphoma

(n = 116)

B-Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

(n = 554)

T-Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

(n = 35)

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Gender

          

   Female

320

45.1

320

45.1

49

42.2

251

45.3

16

45.7

   Male

390

54.9

390

54.9

67

57.8

303

54.7

19

54.3

Age at diagnosis**

          

   18 – 29 years

66

9.3

68

9.6

44

37.9

17

3.1

4

11.4

   30 – 39 years

80

11.3

75

10.6

30

25.9

39

7.0

6

17.1

   40 – 49 years

76

10.7

77

10.9

13

11.2

56

10.1

7

20.0

   50 – 59 years

130

18.3

132

18.6

12

10.3

116

20.9

4

11.4

   60 – 69 years

209

29.4

207

29.2

11

9.5

185

33.4

10

28.6

   70 – 80 years

149

21.0

151

21.3

6

5.2

141

25.5

4

11.4

   Mean

56.1 ± 16.3

 

56.1 ± 16.3

 

38.8 ± 15.9

 

60.2 ± 13.6

 

50.6 ± 17.0

 

Smoking

          

   Never smoked

314

44.2

297

41.8

46

39.7

236

42.6

14

40.0

   >0, <6 packyears

125

17.6

95

13.4

22

19.0

67

12.1

4

11.4

   >= 6, < 22.5 packyears

137

19.3

140

19.7

24

20.7

110

19.9

5

14.3

   >= 22.5 packyears

132

18.6

166

23.4

23

19.8

131

23.7

11

31.4

Alcohol consumption

          

   <2 g ethanol/day (men), <0.5 g ethanol/day (women)

126

17.7

186

26.2

47

40.9

127

22.9

11

31.4

   >= 2 g ethanol/day (men), >= 0.5 g ethanol/day (women)

584

82.3

520

73.2

68

59.1

425

76.7

23

65.7

  1. * Probands with missing information are not reported in the table
  2. * Age of control subjects: at the time of diagnosis of the matched case