highly significantp < 0.001
The difference in RRs by continent was very marked and highly significant (p < 0.001) for all lung cancer and adeno, but less marked, though still significant (p < 0.01) for squamous.
The difference in RRs by continent was very marked and highly significant (p < 0.001) for all lung cancer and adeno, but less marked, though still significant (p < 0.01) for squamous.
There was no significant effect of sex, and the weakly significant (p < 0.05) effect for number of adjustment factors was associated with an erratic pattern, with lower RRs where the number of factors was 1, and higher RRs where it was 0 or 2+.
A clear trend of risk with increasing duration is also seen for other definitions of smoking status and product smoked (see Additional file 5 : Detailed Analysis Tables).