Characteristics of studies on CRP and lung cancer risk.

Abbreviation: RR, relative risk; CI, confidence intervals; CRP, C-reactive protein; NCC, nested case-control; Co, cohort; HABCS, Health Aging and Body Composition study; EPICN, European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition; JACC, Japan Collaborative Cohort Study; CCHS, Copenhagen City Heart Study; BWHHS, British Women’s Heart and Health Study; CCS, Caerphilly Cohort Study; NPHS-II, Second Northwick Park Heart; PLCO, prospective Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian; AMORIS, Apolipoprotein MOrtality RISk.†Mean.*1 SD = 3.2 mg/l.