Table 3 Age- and sex-adjusted relative risks for myeloma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among subjects with allergic conditions.
From: Allergic conditions and risk of hematological malignancies in adults: a cohort study
Myeloma | non-Hodgkin's | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exposure | N e | N o | RR | 95% CI | N e | N o | RR | 95% CI |
Asthma, hay fever or hives | 10 | 58 | 0.7 | (0.4–1.4) | 22 | 83 | 1.1 | (0.7–1.8) |
Hay fever | 10 | 62 | 0.9 | (0.5–1.7) | 21 | 87 | 1.3 | (0.8–2.2) |
Asthma | 0 | 75 | - | 0 | 11 | - | ||
Hives | 1 | 67 | 0.5 | (0.1–3.9) | 1 | 10 | 0.4 | (0.0–2.6) |
Eczema* | 3 | 67 | 0.6 | (0.2–2.0) | 8 | 87 | 1.3 | (0.6–2.6) |
Eczema during childhood | 1 | 69 | 0.5 | (0.1–3.7) | 6 | 89 | 2.3 | (1.0–5.3) |
Allergic conditions** | 12 | 55 | 0.7 | (0.4–1.4) | 27 | 69 | 1.3 | (0.8–2.0) |