Research Article
Risk Factors of Mortality from All Asbestos-Related Diseases: A Competing Risk Analysis
Table 2
Demographic and clinical characteristics at the date of diagnosis of ARD, Barcelona (Spain), 1970–2006 (
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| | Characteristics | Number (%) |
| | Gender, male | 398 (73.2) | | Age (yrs); mean (SD) | 63.7 (12.2) | | Age groups | | | <50 | 82 (15.1) | | 50–59 | 139 (25.6) | | 60–69 | 134 (24.6) | | 70–79 | 140 (25.7) | | >=80 | 48 (9.0) | | Number of ARD | | | 1 benign | 180 (33.1) | | 2 or 3 benign | 201 (36.9) | | 4 or 5 benign | 23 (4.2) | | >=1 malign | 140 (25.7) | | Source of exposure | | | Environmental | 83 (15.3) | | Household | 61 (11.2) | | Labor | 400 (73.5) | | Length of exposure (yrs); mean (SD); median (IQR) | 22.9 (15.8); 21.0 (11.0–30.5) | | [0–11.3) | 130 (23.9) | | [11.3–20.9) | 142 (26.1) | | [20.9–30.6) | 136 (25.0) | | >=30.6 | 136 (25.0) | | Period of latency (yrs); mean (SD); median (IQR) | 41.0 (15.6); 41.6 (30.0–52.2) | | Smoking status | | | Nonsmoker | 207 (38.1) | | Smoker | 153 (28.1) | | Former | 137 (25.2) | | Missing | 47 (8.6) | | Age at onset of exposure of patient with outcomes (yrs); mean (SD) | 22.7 (11.7) | | ARD death () | 26.0 (10.4) | | Pleural mesothelioma diagnosis () | 23.2 (11.9) | | Peritoneal mesothelioma diagnosis () | 27.4 (5.7) |
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ARD: asbestos-related disease; SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range.
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