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Table 3 Fogger truck and risk of breast cancer by number of residences and age at residence a

From: Exposure to fogger trucks and breast cancer incidence in the Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project: a case–control study

Population

Residential information

Self-reported fogger truck at residence

Cases

Controls

Age-adjusted

   

N (%)

N (%)

OR (95% CI)b

Total LIBCSP population

# of reported residences

0

919 (60.9)

998( 64.1)

1.00 (reference)

  

1

459 (30.4)

423( 27.2)

1.16 (0.99, 1.37)

  

2

130 (8.6)

135 (8.7)

1.07 (0.83, 1.40)

 

Age at residence

None

919 (60.1)

998 (63.5)

1.00 (reference)

  

>20 years old

445 (29.1)

403 (25.7)

0.94 (0.72, 1.21)

  

15-20 years old

29 (1.9)

15 (1.0)

2.03 (1.08, 3.81)

  

≤14 years old

135 (8.8)

155 (9.9)

0.94 (0.72, 1.21)

Fogger truck ≤1972

# of reported residences

0

919 (68.9)

998 (69.4)

1.00 (reference)

  

1

335 (25.1)

367 (25.6)

1.16 (0.97, 1.38)

  

2

79 (5.9)

73 (5.1)

1.15 (0.82, 1.61)

 

Age at residence

None

919 (64.7)

998 (68.2)

1.00 (reference)

  

>20 years old

339 (23.9)

297 (20.3)

1.19 (0.99, 1.43)

  

15-20 years old

27 (1.9)

15 (1.0)

1.86 (0.98, 3.52)

  

≤14 years old

135 (9.5)

153 (10.4)

0.92 (0.72, 1.21)

  1. a Self-reported fogger trucks at residence among Long Island, New York women, Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project,1996-1997, stratified by time period. Population definitions and exposure information are mutually exclusive categories.
  2. badjusted for 5-year age groups.