Histologic type | Negative family history | One lung cancer case in the family | At least two lung cancer cases in the family | Trend test p-value | ||
Cases | RR (95% CI) | Cases | RR (95% CI) | |||
Overall | 21 602 | 2598 | 2.11# (2.00–2.23) | 177 | 3.75# (3.07–4.57) | <0.0001¶ |
Adenocarcinoma | 9342 | 334 | 2.37# (2.08–2.69) | 11 | 5.83# (2.93–11.61) | <0.0001¶ |
SCC | 3894 | 147 | 2.40# (1.95–2.94) | 5 | 7.81# (2.63–23.23) | <0.0001¶ |
Small cell | 2513 | 25 | 2.56# (1.56–4.21) | 0 | 0.0013¶ | |
Large cell | 2981 | 31 | 2.80# (1.91–4.09) | 0 | <0.0001¶ |
RR: relative risk; SCC: squamous cell carcinoma. #: significantly increased RR at the two-sided 5% level, 1% level and 0.1% level; ¶: statistically significant.