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Table 6 Childhood cancers* and average VOC exposure**, first trimester, Camp Lejeune, 1968–1985

From: Evaluation of exposure to contaminated drinking water and specific birth defects and childhood cancers at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina: a case–control study

 

Controls

Cancers

Unadjusted

p-value

 

# (%)

# (%) OR (95%CI)

 

PCE

   

Unexposed

304 (57.8)

6 (46.2)

1.0 (ref.)

 

Low (>0- < 44 ppb)

111 (21.1)

4 (30.8)

1.8 (0.5-6.6)

0.36

High (≥ 44 ppb)

111 (21.1)

3 (23.1)

1.4 (0.3-5.6)

0.66

Unexposed

304 (57.8)

6 (46.2)

1.0 (ref.)

 

Exposed

222 (42.2)

7 (53.8)

1.6 (0.5-4.8)

0.41

TCE

   

Unexposed

253 (48.1)

6 (46.2)

1.0 (ref.)

 

Low (>0- ≤ 2 ppb)

130 (24.7)

5 (38.5)

1.6 (0.5-5.4)

0.43

High (> 2 ppb)

143 (27.2)

2 (15.4)

0.6 (0.1-3.0)

0.52

Unexposed

253 (48.1)

6 (46.2)

1.0 (ref.)

 

Exposed

273 (51.9)

7 (53.8)

1.1 (0.4-3.3)

0.89

Benzene

   

Unexposed

432

11 (84.6)

1.0 (ref.)

 

Exposed

94

2 (15.4)

0.8 (0.2-3.8)

0.82

Vinyl Chloride

   

Unexposed

301 (57.2)

6 (46.2)

1.0 (ref.)

 

Low (>0- < 3 ppb)

141 (26.8)

5 (38.5)

1.8 (0.5-6.0)

0.35

High (≥ 3 ppb)

84 (16.0)

2 (15.4)

1.2 (0.2-6.0)

0.83

Unexposed

301 (57.2)

6 (46.2)

1.0 (ref.)

 

Below MCL (>0- ≤ 2 ppb)

74 (14.1)

3 (23.1)

2.0 (0.5-8.3)

0.32

Above MCL (> 2 ppb)

151 (28.7)

4 (30.8)

1.3 (0.4-4.8)

0.66

Unexposed

301 (57.2)

6 (46.2)

1.0 (ref.)

 

Exposed

225 (42.8)

7 (53.8)

1.6 (0.5-4.7)

0.43

DCE

   

Unexposed

300 (57.0)

6 (46.2)

1.0 (ref.)

 

Low (>0- < 5 ppb)

116 (22.1)

4 (30.8)

1.7 (0.5-6.2)

0.41

High (≥ 5 ppb)

110 (20.9)

3 (23.1)

1.4 (0.3-5.5)

0.66

Unexposed

300 (57.0)

6 (46.2)

1.0 (ref.)

 

Exposed

226 (43.0)

7 (53.8)

1.5 (0.5-4.7)

0.44

  1. *childhood leukemia and childhood non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
  2. ** when possible, we divided the exposed group by the 50th percentile level among controls (low and high); we excluded categorizations where there were <2 exposed cases in a cell.