Meningioma 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 | ||||
| Meningioma cases/controls | OR (95% CI) | Meningioma cases/controls | OR (95% CI) | Meningioma cases/controls | OR (95% CI) | |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 49/219 | Ref. | 43/140 | Ref. | 42/128 | Ref. |
| Married | 185/530 | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.6) | 162/396 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.4) | 152/355 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.4) |
| Divorced | 70/162 | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.9) | 57/110 | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.6) | 53/90 | 1.1 (0.6 to 1.9) |
| Widowed | 13/31 | 0.9 (0.4 to 2.0) | 10/20 | 0.8 (0.3 to 1.9) | 10/15 | 1.0 (0.4 to 2.5) |
| Unknown | 4/13 | 2/7 | 2/4 | |||
| Education | ||||||
| Compulsory | 70/215 | Ref. | 57/132 | Ref. | 55/112 | Ref. |
| Secondary school | ||||||
| ≤2 years | 100/307 | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.5) | 85/216 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.4) | 76/185 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.4) |
| 3 years | 41/146 | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.7) | 39/103 | 1.2 (0.7 to 2.0) | 38/91 | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.9) |
| Higher education | 106/264 | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.9) | 91/212 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.6) | 88/197 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.5) |
| Unknown | 4/23 | 4/10 | 2/7 | |||
| Working status | ||||||
| Not working | 108/314 | Ref. | 83/188 | Ref. | 80/154 | Ref. |
| Working | 209/628 | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.4) | 189/478 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.3) | 177/434 | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.1) |
| Unknown | 4/13 | 2/7 | 2/4 | |||
| Socioeconomic status† | ||||||
| Manual workers | 98/271 | Ref. | 84/185 | Ref. | 78/161 | Ref. |
| Non-manual employees | 146/390 | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) | 132/310 | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.1) | 126/281 | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.1) |
| Employees - not classified | 13/50 | 0.7 (0.4 to 1.4) | 9/40 | 0.5 (0.2 to 1.1) | 9/37 | 0.5 (0.2 to 1.1) |
| Self-employed | 13/27 | 1.3 (0.6 to 2.7) | 12/18 | 1.5 (0.7 to 3.3) | 10/15 | 1.3 (0.5 to 3.2) |
| Unknown | 48/204 | 37/120 | 36/98 | |||
| Income - individual‡ | ||||||
| <110000 | 83/247 | Ref. | 60/140 | Ref | 53/116 | Ref |
| 110000–150000 | 86/252 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.4) | 77/164 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.6) | 73/144 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.6) |
| >150000–190000 | 68/217 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.4) | 63/177 | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.3) | 61/153 | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.3) |
| >190000 | 80/226 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.7) | 72/185 | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.5) | 70/175 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.5) |
| Unknown | 4/13 | 2/7 | 2/4 | |||
| Income – family§ | ||||||
| <150000 | 62/225 | Ref. | 46/128 | Ref. | 43/107 | Ref. |
| 150000–250000 | 92/269 | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.7) | 82/190 | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.8) | 75/167 | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.7) |
| >250000–350000 | 81/206 | 1.3 (0.9 to 2.0) | 72/145 | 1.3 (0.8 to 2.1) | 71/131 | 1.3 (0.8 to 2.1) |
| >350000 | 82/242 | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.6) | 72/203 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.4) | 68/183 | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.3) |
| Unknown | 4/13 | 2/7 | 2/4 | |||