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Table 1 Characteristics of case-control studies for lung cancer and IGF-I and IGFBP-3

From: IGF-I and IGFBP-3 and the risk of lung cancer: A meta-analysis based on nested case-control studies

Study

Year, location

Sample size

(case/control)

Measurement

OR(95%CI) for IGF-I

OR(95%CI) for IGFBP-3

Adjusted factors in the model in original report

   

IGF-1

IGFBP3

   

Lukanova et al.[14]

2001, USA

93/186

RIA

RIA

0.54(0.14–2.07)

0.90(0.28–2.85)

Age, date of recruitment in the study, menopausal status, current smoking, time since last meal, cotinine and BMI

London et al.[15]

2002, China

230/740

RIA

IRMA

0.86(0.47–1.57)

0.50(0.25–1.02)

Smoking

Spitz et al.[16]

2002, USA

159/297

ELISA

ELISA

0.64(0.31–1.33)

2.35(1.13–4.92)

Age, sex, race, year of enrollment, and year of blood draw, BMI, smoking status, pack-years of smoking, exposure population

Waikai et al.[17]

2002, Japan

194/9351

IRMA

IRMA

1.74(1.08–2.81)

0.67(0.45–1.01)

Age, area, gender, smoking habits, and BMI

Ahn et al.[18]

2006, Finland

200/400

ELISA

ELISA

0.76(0.39–1.49)

0.71(0.35–1.47)

Age, intervention arm, BMI, and years of smoking

Morris et al. [19]

2006, British

167/498

ELISA

ELISA

1.21(0.62–2.35)

1.70(0.87–3.30)

Age, smoking

  1. All are nested case-control studies within cohort study.
  2. BMI indicates body mass index.
  3. IRMA, immunoradiometric assay; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay; RIA, radioimmunoassay assay.