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Table 4 Results from prospective studies on depression and subsequent lung cancer occurrence

From: A meta-analysis on depression and subsequent cancer risk

First author (ref)

Number of subjects with depression

Number of subjects without depression

Crude RR (95% CI)

Multivariable adjusted RR (95% CI) reported in paper

Adjustment factors for multivariable RR

 

Cancer

No cancer

Cancer

No cancer

   

Kaplan (8)

N.a.

N.a.

N.a.

N.a.

-

1.33 incidence males 1.09 incidence fem

Age, sex

Knekt (17)

4

110

53

2708

1.83 (0.67–4.96)

1.65 (0.60–4.58)

Age, sex (only males)

Penninx (19)

2

144

54

4,625

1.19 (0.29–4.82)

2.10 (0.49–8.92)

Age, sex, race, disability, hospital admissions, alcohol, smoking

Gallo (15)

N.a.

N.a.

N.a.

N.a.

0.7 (0.1–5.1)

1.0 (0.1–7.7)

Age, sex, smoking, alcohol

Schuurman (23)

13

1,328

466

66,559

1.39 (0.81–2.41)

1.25 (0.72–2.17)

Age. Sex, socio-economic status