On the other hand, studies that were adjusted for broad groups of carcinogens (i.e., List A jobs or high risk jobs for lung cancer) did find a significant trend between level/duration of DME exposure and lung cancer [ 15 , 16 ].
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In both cases, the p value of the trend is highly significant, and the increased risk is manifest from the lowest cumulative exposure class to the highest (OR = 1.5 (95% CI 1.2–1.7) or OR = 1.2 (95% CI 1.0–1.5) for the sensitive or specific asbestos assessment to 2.3 (95% CI 1.7–3.0) or 1.7 (95% CI 1.2–2.3), resp.).