Description of case-control studies participating in InterLymph pooled analyses of family history and risk for NHL
| Study . | Location . | Year . | Cases . | Controls . | Reference . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, y . | n . | Pathology . | Matching criteria . | n . | Source . | ||||
| Mayo Clinic | Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota (USA) | 2002-2005 | 18+ | 324 | WHO | Frequency matched by age, sex, county of residence | 412 | Residents of Minnesota, Iowa, or Wisconsin | Unpublished |
| University of Southern California (USC) | Los Angeles, CA (USA) | 1989-1992 | 18-75 | 378 | Working Formulation | Individually matched by age, sex, ethnic origin, language of interview, and residential neighborhood | 378 | Neighborhood address | Nelson et al18 |
| Italy, northern and southern | Aviano, Naples (Italy) | 1999-2002 | 18-84 | 225 | REAL/WHO | None | 504 | Patients admitted to hospital for acute, nonneoplastic, nonimmunology conditions | Negri et al19 |
| Nebraska | Nebraska (USA) | 1999-2002 | 20-75 | 386 | WHO | Frequency matched by age and sex | 534 | Population-based | Chiu et al20 |
| United Kingdom (UK) | Counties of North, East, and West Yorkshire; Laneashire, district of South Lakeland; Caradon district of Cornwall, South Devon, Dorset, and South Hampshire (UK) | 1998-2001 | 18-64 | 699 | WHO | Individually matched by age, sex, and region (north and south) | 742 | General-practice lists | Willett et al21 |
| Connecticut (Yale University) | Connecticut (USA) | 1996-2000 | 21-84 | 601 | REAL | Frequency matched by age within 5-year groups | 717 | Population-based | Zheng et al22 |
| British Columbia (Canada) | Greater Victoria and Vancouver (British Columbia) | 2000-2004 | 20-79 | 840 | WHO | Frequency matched by age, sex, geographic region | 848 | Client Registry of the Ministry of Health | Unpublished |
| National Cancer Institute-Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results multileft study (NCI-SEER) | Detroit metropolitan area, 13 northwestern Washington State counties, Iowa State, and Los Angeles County (USA) | 1998-2001 | 20-74 | 1321 | WHO | Frequency matched by age, sex, and study site | 1057 | Population-based | Chatterjee et al15 |
| Italy | Turin city, and the provinces of Varese, Novara, Vercelli, Verona, Imperia, Forli, Florence, Latina, Siena, and Ragusa (Italy) | 1990-1993 | 20-74 | 1653 | Working Formulation | Frequency matched by age, gender, educational level, respondent type | 1771 | Demographic or national health service files general-practice lists | Costantini et al23 |
| University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) | Six counties (Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Marin, Contra Costa, and Alameda), San Francisco Bay Area, CA (USA) | 1988-1995 | 21-74 | 1304 | Working Formulation and REAL | Frequency matched by 5-year age groups, sex, and county of residence | 2402 | Population-based | Holly and Bracci24 |
| EpiLymph | Italy (Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano); Spain (Barcelona, Tortosa, Reus, Madrid); Germany (Ludwigshafen/Upper Palatinate, Heidelberg/Rhine-Neckar County, Würzburg/Lower Franconia, Hamburg, Bielefeld, and Munich); France (Dijon, Amiens, Montpellier); Finland; Ireland; Czech Republic | 1998-2004 | 18+ | 2480 | WHO | Age, sex, geographic area | 2540 | Population-based (Italy, Germany), Hospital-based (Spain, France, Finland, Ireland, Czech Republic) | Becker et al,25 Domingo-Domenech et al,26 Casey et al27 |
| Study . | Location . | Year . | Cases . | Controls . | Reference . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, y . | n . | Pathology . | Matching criteria . | n . | Source . | ||||
| Mayo Clinic | Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota (USA) | 2002-2005 | 18+ | 324 | WHO | Frequency matched by age, sex, county of residence | 412 | Residents of Minnesota, Iowa, or Wisconsin | Unpublished |
| University of Southern California (USC) | Los Angeles, CA (USA) | 1989-1992 | 18-75 | 378 | Working Formulation | Individually matched by age, sex, ethnic origin, language of interview, and residential neighborhood | 378 | Neighborhood address | Nelson et al18 |
| Italy, northern and southern | Aviano, Naples (Italy) | 1999-2002 | 18-84 | 225 | REAL/WHO | None | 504 | Patients admitted to hospital for acute, nonneoplastic, nonimmunology conditions | Negri et al19 |
| Nebraska | Nebraska (USA) | 1999-2002 | 20-75 | 386 | WHO | Frequency matched by age and sex | 534 | Population-based | Chiu et al20 |
| United Kingdom (UK) | Counties of North, East, and West Yorkshire; Laneashire, district of South Lakeland; Caradon district of Cornwall, South Devon, Dorset, and South Hampshire (UK) | 1998-2001 | 18-64 | 699 | WHO | Individually matched by age, sex, and region (north and south) | 742 | General-practice lists | Willett et al21 |
| Connecticut (Yale University) | Connecticut (USA) | 1996-2000 | 21-84 | 601 | REAL | Frequency matched by age within 5-year groups | 717 | Population-based | Zheng et al22 |
| British Columbia (Canada) | Greater Victoria and Vancouver (British Columbia) | 2000-2004 | 20-79 | 840 | WHO | Frequency matched by age, sex, geographic region | 848 | Client Registry of the Ministry of Health | Unpublished |
| National Cancer Institute-Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results multileft study (NCI-SEER) | Detroit metropolitan area, 13 northwestern Washington State counties, Iowa State, and Los Angeles County (USA) | 1998-2001 | 20-74 | 1321 | WHO | Frequency matched by age, sex, and study site | 1057 | Population-based | Chatterjee et al15 |
| Italy | Turin city, and the provinces of Varese, Novara, Vercelli, Verona, Imperia, Forli, Florence, Latina, Siena, and Ragusa (Italy) | 1990-1993 | 20-74 | 1653 | Working Formulation | Frequency matched by age, gender, educational level, respondent type | 1771 | Demographic or national health service files general-practice lists | Costantini et al23 |
| University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) | Six counties (Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Marin, Contra Costa, and Alameda), San Francisco Bay Area, CA (USA) | 1988-1995 | 21-74 | 1304 | Working Formulation and REAL | Frequency matched by 5-year age groups, sex, and county of residence | 2402 | Population-based | Holly and Bracci24 |
| EpiLymph | Italy (Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano); Spain (Barcelona, Tortosa, Reus, Madrid); Germany (Ludwigshafen/Upper Palatinate, Heidelberg/Rhine-Neckar County, Würzburg/Lower Franconia, Hamburg, Bielefeld, and Munich); France (Dijon, Amiens, Montpellier); Finland; Ireland; Czech Republic | 1998-2004 | 18+ | 2480 | WHO | Age, sex, geographic area | 2540 | Population-based (Italy, Germany), Hospital-based (Spain, France, Finland, Ireland, Czech Republic) | Becker et al,25 Domingo-Domenech et al,26 Casey et al27 |
For cases, n = 10 211 (HIV-positive NHL cases excluded); for controls, n = 11 905.