Glioma risk associated with socioeconomic factors, Brain Tumour case-control study 2000–2002, Sweden*
| All eligible | All participants regardless of participation mode | Only personally interviewed participants | ||||
| Glioma cases/controls | OR (95% CI) | Glioma cases/controls | OR (95% CI) | Glioma cases/controls | OR (95% CI) | |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 107/219 | Ref. | 78/140 | Ref. | 75/128 | Ref. |
| Married | 298/530 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.6) | 225/396 | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.6) | 212/355 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.7) |
| Divorced | 70/162 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.3) | 50/110 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.5) | 46/90 | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.7) |
| Widowed | 11/31 | 0.8 (0.4 to 1.7) | 9/20 | 1.0 (0.4 to 2.5) | 9/15 | 1.4 (0.5 to 3.6) |
| Unknown | 8/13 | 4/7 | 4/4 | |||
| Education | ||||||
| Compulsory | 114/215 | Ref. | 79/132 | Ref. | 76/112 | Ref. |
| Secondary school | ||||||
| ≤2 years | 133/307 | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.1) | 97/216 | 0.7 (0.5 to 1.0) | 92/185 | 0.7 (0.5 to 1.0) |
| 3 years | 70/146 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.4) | 55/103 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.4) | 53/91 | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.3) |
| Higher education | 167/264 | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.7) | 129/212 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.4) | 119/197 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.3) |
| Unknown | 10/23 | 6/10 | 6/7 | |||
| Working status | ||||||
| Not working | 147/314 | Ref. | 97/188 | Ref. | 91/154 | Ref. |
| Working | 339/628 | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.6) | 265//478 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.5) | 251/434 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.4) |
| Unknown | 8/13 | 4/7 | 4/4 | |||
| Socioeconomic status† | ||||||
| Manual workers | 146/271 | Ref. | 104/185 | Ref. | 101/161 | Ref. |
| Non-manual employees | 207/390 | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.3) | 155/310 | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.3) | 140/281 | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.2) |
| Employees - not classified | 19/50 | 0.7 (0.4 to 1.2) | 15/40 | 0.6 (0.3 to 1.2) | 14/37 | 0.6 (0.3 to 1.1) |
| Self-employed | 24/27 | 1.6 (0.9 to 3.0) | 20/18 | 2.0 (1.0 to 4.0) | 20/15 | 2.2 (1.1 to 4.7) |
| Unknown | 87/204 | 72/120 | 71/98 | |||
| Income - individual‡ | ||||||
| <110000 | 111/247 | Ref. | 68/140 | Ref | 66/116 | Ref |
| 110000–150000 | 119/252 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.4) | 91/164 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.7) | 87/144 | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.6) |
| >150000–190000 | 105/217 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.5) | 83/177 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.4) | 80/153 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.4) |
| >190000 | 151/226 | 1.3 (1.0 to 1.8) | 120/185 | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.8) | 109/175 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.5) |
| Unknown | 8/13 | 4/7 | 4/4 | |||
| Income – family§ | ||||||
| <150000 | 93/225 | Ref. | 65/128 | Ref. | 63/107 | Ref. |
| 150000–250000 | 122/269 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.5) | 87/190 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.3) | 86/167 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.3) |
| >250000–350000 | 116/206 | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.9) | 86/145 | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.7) | 80/131 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.6) |
| >350000 | 155/242 | 1.5 (1.1 to 2.1) | 124/203 | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.8) | 113/183 | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.6) |
| Unknown | 8/13 | 4/7 | 4/4 | |||