Smoking-adjusted risk of renal pelvis cancer by occupation: a population-based cohort study of Nordic men

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Table 1. The observed number of cases (Obs) and standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) of renal pelvis cancer in Nordic males in occupational categories with either non-adjusted smoking-adjusted SIR >1.15 or <0.85 and Obs >5, sorted according to the smoking-adjusted SIR.

Occupational category	Obs	Smoking prevalence	Non-adjusted		Adjusted
			SIR	95%CI	SIR	95%CI
Dentists	15	18.3%	1.31	0.73–2.16	1.66	0.93–2.74
Physicians	39	19.5%	1.30	0.93–1.78	1.63	1.16–2.23
Chimney sweeps	7	58.5%	1.75	0.70–3.60	1.47	0.59–3.02
Artistic workers	41	35.8%	1.37	0.99–1.86	1.43	1.03–1.94
Other health workers	31	31.7%	1.30	0.89–1.85	1.42	0.96–2.01
Public safety workers	115	37.4%	1.35	1.11–1.62	1.38	1.14–1.65
Laboratory assistants	9	33.3%	1.27	0.58–2.41	1.35	0.62–2.57
Textile workers	84	38.2%	1.30	1.04–1.61	1.32	1.05–1.63
Printers	74	46.7%	1.37	1.08–1.73	1.28	1.01–1.61
Transport workers	140	37.0%	1.21	1.02–1.43	1.24	1.05–1.47
Welders	56	52.0%	1.39	1.05–1.80	1.23	0.93–1.60
Clerical workers	262	34.5%	1.15	1.02–1.30	1.21	1.07–1.37
Seamen	105	63.8%	1.51	1.23–1.82	1.21	0.99–1.47
Assistant nurses	9	32.9%	1.10	0.50–2.09	1.18	0.54–2.24
Technical workers	490	31.3%	1.08	0.99–1.18	1.18	1.08–1.29
Administrators	365	31.7%	1.08	0.97–1.19	1.17	1.05–1.30
Religious workers	92	23.2%	0.98	0.79–1.20	1.17	0.95–1.44
Electrical workers	169	39.8%	1.16	0.99–1.35	1.16	0.99–1.35
Plumbers	62	55.7%	1.26	0.97–1.62	1.09	0.83–1.40
Packers	177	50.8%	1.24	1.06–1.44	1.12	0.96–1.29
Painters	111	47.9%	1.22	1.00–1.47	1.12	0.92–1.35
Food workers	145	46.3%	1.18	0.99–1.38	1.10	0.93–1.30
Gardeners	137	25.6%	0.75	0.63–0.89	0.87	0.73–1.03
Miners and quarry workers	28	62.2%	1.03	0.68–1.48	0.84	0.56–1.21
Woodworkers	281	37.0%	0.82	0.72–0.92	0.84	0.74–0.94
Engine operators	104	46.7%	0.85	0.69–1.03	0.79	0.65–0.96
Fishermen	58	45.1%	0.83	0.63–1.07	0.79	0.60–1.02
Unskilled construction workers	205	51.6%	0.88	0.76–1.01	0.78	0.68–0.90
Farmers	496	20.7%	0.62	0.56–0.67	0.76	0.69–0.83
Waiters	11	75.2%	0.94	0.47–1.69	0.70	0.35–1.25
Beverage workers	8	55.7%	0.75	0.32–1.47	0.64	0.28–1.27
Launderers	7	50.0%	0.65	0.26–1.34	0.59	0.24–1.21
Cooks and stewards	10	61.4%	0.69	0.33–1.27	0.57	0.27–1.05
Forestry workers	53	33.7%	0.48	0.36–0.62	0.51	0.38–0.66