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Table 3 EPILYMPH study: Multiple Myeloma and lifelong occupation: Adjusted Odds Ratios by level of education, age, gender and centre and 95% CI with two-digit ISCO codes

From: Multiple Myeloma and lifetime occupation: results from the EPILYMPH study

Job title (ISCO code)

N

N

OR

95% CI

 

cases

controls

  

Teachers (13)

16

57

1.67

0.87 - 3.21

Managers (21)

12

39

1.44

0.73 - 2.74

Clerical supervisors (30)

53

248

0.40

0.03 - 3.96

Typists, stenographers (32)

31

115

1.20

0.43 - 3.35

Bookkeepers (33)

27

98

1.12

0.71 - 1.77

Telephone and telegraph operators (38)

6

4

6.17

1.71 - 22.2

Office clerks (39)

19

116

0.62

0.37 - 1.03

Insurance, real estate and auctioneers (45)

27

105

0.98

0.63 - 1.54

Cooks, waiters, related services (53)

18

69

0.99

0.57 - 1.70

Maids and housekeeping service workers (54)

25

86

1.11

0.69 - 1.79

Cleaners and related workers (55)

27

63

1.69

1.04 - 2.72

Farmers (61)

22

51

1.77

1.05 - 2.99

Agriculture and husbandry workers (62)

50

205

0.92

0.64 - 1.31

Spinners, dyers and related workers (75)

12

52

0.87

0.46 - 1.67

Tailors, sewers and related workers (79)

17

79

0.81

0.47 - 1.41

Blacksmiths, toolmakers and machine operators (83)

23

81

1.10

0.67 - 1.79

Plumbers, welders, and structural metal preparers (87)

12

52

0.86

0.45 - 1.65

Printers and related workers (92)

11

21

2.06

0.97 - 4.34

Bricklayers and construction workers (95)

31

122

0.97

0.64 - 1.48

Material handling and equipment operators (97)

24

83

1.1

0.68 - 1.79

Transport equipment operators (98)

18

93

0.71

0.41 - 1.20