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Table 3 Incidence rate ratios for cancer in association with markers of traffic at residence at the time of enrolment into the cohort between 1993 and 1997

From: Air pollution from traffic and cancer incidence: a Danish cohort study

Cancer site (ICD-7)

Incidence rate ratioa (95% CI)

 

Major street within 50 m

(yes versus no)

Per 104 vehicle km/day

within 200 m

 

Crude

Adjustedb

Crude

Adjustedb

Buccal cavity and pharynx (140-148)

0.92 (0.45;1.90)

0.85 (0.41;1.77)

0.98 (0.68;1.41)

0.87 (0.59;1.29)

Esophagus (150)

1.59 (0.82;3.10)

1.38 (0.71;2.68)

1.20 (0.84;1.72)

1.07 (0.73;1.58)

Stomach (151)

1.01 (0.46;2.19)

0.92 (0.42;1.98)

1.08 (0.74;1.58)

1.00 (0.70;1.48)

Colon (153)

1.13 (0.82;1.55)

0.89 (0.41;1.95)

1.04 (0.88;1.23)

0.99 (0.66;1.47)

Rectum (154)

1.03 (0.67;1.58)

1.00 (0.64;1.56)

0.94 (0.75;1.18)

0.92 (0.72;1.16)

Liver (155.0)

1.58 (0.74;3.34)

1.40 (0.66;2.98)

1.55 (1.09;2.20)

1.45 (1.00;2.09)

Pancreas (157)

0.92 (0.47;1.82)

0.79 (0.38;1.63)

0.78 (0.53;1.14)

0.73 (0.49;1.09)

Larynx (161)

1.24 (0.56;2.72)

1.03 (0.47;2.27)

1.28 (0.88;1.87)

1.13 (0.75;1.70)

Breast (170)

1.11 (0.90;1.38)

0.98 (0.78;1.22)

1.08 (0.98;1.21)

0.98 (0.88;1.10)

Cervix (171)

4.67 (2.29;9.52)

4.36 (2.12;8.95)

1.88 (1.27;2.79)

1.70 (1.12;2.58)

Uteri (172)

1.15 (0.70;1.90)

0.96 (0.55;1.66)

1.19 (0.94;1.52)

1.15 (0.90;1.49)

Ovary (175)

0.50 (0.20;1.23)

0.49 (0.20;1.19)

0.88 (0.61;1.26)

0.80 (0.54;1.17)

Prostate (177)

0.88 (0.67;1.17)

0.91 (0.69;1.21)

0.91 (0.79;1.05)

0.96 (0.83;1.11)

Kidney (180)

1.29 (0.71;2.35)

0.90 (0.44;1.87)

1.10 (0.80;1.51)

1.10 (0.78;1.54)

Bladder (181)

1.06 (0.68;1.66)

0.94 (0.60;1.48)

1.20 (0.97;1.47)

1.09 (0.87;1.35)

Melanoma (190)

0.69 (0.40;1.19)

0.65 (0.37;1.14)

0.83 (0.64;1.08)

0.83 (0.64;1.09)

Brain (193)

1.89 (1.07;3.34)

1.89 (1.07;3.36)

1.27 (0.93;1.75)

1.27 (0.93;1.75)

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (200, 202)

0.91 (0.54;1.51)

0.90 (0.54;1.51)

1.06 (0.83;1.35)

1.06 (0.83;1.35)

Myeloma (203)

1.06 (0.46;2.45)

1.06 (0.46;2.45)

0.78 (0.48;1.29)

0.78 (0.48;1.29)

Leukemia (204)

0.79 (0.39;1.62)

0.81 (0.39;1.66)

0.73 (0.50;1.09)

0.75 (0.51;1.11)

  1. a Based on same data as the analyses shown in Table 2
  2. b Adjustments identical to those in Table 2