Table 5

Distribution of cases and controls by infectious mononucleosis (IM), by gender, age at onset, latency of IM and years of school. Cases with unknown age at onset of IM are excluded. Age adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals

IM Controls NHL HD MM LL ML Other
Men
No88374818212216017644
Yes2450010
Women
No8165941591309812143
Yes2620000
Age adjusted ORs1.04.04.4
95% CI(1.4, 11.8)(1.1, 16.6)
Latency between IM and lymphomaOR95% CI
<108.11.4, 46
10+2.70.7, 9.5
Years of schoolCases/controls with IMOR95% CI
<147/32.20.6, 8.5
14+10/19.81.9, 51
  • Abbreviations as in table 2.