Risk Factors of Mortality from All Asbestos-Related Diseases: A Competing Risk Analysis
Table 3
Characteristics of ARD death overall and by gender and age group, Barcelona (Spain), 1970–2006 ().
Outcomes
Number of events (%)
Follow-up time ; mean (SD); median (IQR)
Person-years at risk
Incidence rate/100000 person-years (95% CI)
Log-rank/Breslow test; values
Death from all ARD
Overall
167 (30.7)
8.5 (9.1); 4.1 (1.5–13.7)
4611.4
3600 (3092–4191)
Gender
Men
142 (26.1)
9.4 (9.8); 4.8 (1.6–16.2)
3746.2
3764 (3191–4439)
0.073/0.164
Women
25 (4.6%)
5.9 (6.4); 2.8 (1.3–9.0)
865.2
2890 (1952–4276)
Age groups
<50
30 (5.5%)
18.9 (10.4); 21.5 (12.2–28.5)
1551.4
1934 (1352–2766)
<0.001/<0.001
50–59
43 (7.9%)
11.9 (9.6); 10.0 (2.9–19.5)
1652.6
2602 (1930–3508)
60–69
40 (7.4%)
6.3 (6.4); 3.6 (1.4–9.8)
846.4
4726 (3466–6443)
70–79
42 (7.7%)
3.2 (3.2); 2.4 (0.9–4.6)
452.3
9065 (6674–12311)
>=80
12 (2.2%)
2.2 (1.9); 1.8 (0.8–2.8)
108.6
11045 (6273–19449)
ARD: asbestos-related diseases; SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range; CI: confidence interval. follow-up time for death from all ARD was defined as the number of years from the date of diagnosis to the date of any ARD-related-death or to censoring.
