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Table 4 Camp Lejeune vs Camp Pendleton: Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals, adjusted by sex, race, occupation (blue collar vs white collar) and education, 10-year lag

From: Mortality study of civilian employees exposed to contaminated drinking water at USMC Base Camp Lejeune: a retrospective cohort study

Underlying Cause of Death

Hazard Ratio

95% LCL

95% UCL

p-value

CL #

CP #

All Cancers

1.12

0.92

1.36

0.27

197

234

Diseases of Primary Interest

  

Kidney Cancer

1.92

0.58

6.34

0.28

7

5

Bladder Cancer

0.65

0.12

3.65

0.62

2

4

Liver* Cancer

0.62

0.16

2.45

0.49

8

10

Esophageal Cancer

0.58

0.15

2.22

0.43

3

8

Hematopoietic Cancers

1.40

0.76

2.59

0.28

22

23

 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

0.83

0.26

2.67

0.76

5

8

 Multiple Myeloma

1.84

0.45

7.58

0.40

6

3

 Leukemias

1.59

0.66

3.84

0.30

10

12

Diseases of Secondary Interest

  

Pancreatic Cancer

0.54

0.24

1.20

0.13

9

21

Colorectal Cancers

1.14

0.54

2.39

0.73

14

16

 Colon Cancer

1.01

0.43

2.38

0.98

10

13

 Rectal Cancer

1.65

0.36

7.44

0.52

4

3

Brain Cancer

0.65

0.21

2.04

0.46

5

8

Lung** Cancer

1.25

0.89

1.75

0.19

69

74

Oral Cancers***

1.93

0.34

10.81

0.46

4

2

Breast (female) Cancer

1.21

0.58

2.51

0.61

18

14

Prostate Cancer

1.17

0.49

2.82

0.72

10

12

Liver Diseases

0.87

0.34

2.25

0.78

8

10

Kidney Diseases

1.23

0.39

3.87

0.72

6

7

Parkinson’s Disease

3.13

0.76

12.86

0.11

5

4

Smoking-related Diseases (not known to be related to solvent exposure)

  

Stomach Cancer

0.71

0.17

2.96

0.64

3

6

Cardiovascular Disease†

0.93

0.77

1.13

0.46

185

288

COPD

1.21

0.78

1.88

0.40

38

46

  1. Diseases not evaluated due to small numbers include: laryngeal cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma, cervical cancer, soft tissue cancers, multiple sclerosis, ALS, and aplastic anemia.
  2. CL #: number of deaths in the Camp Lejeune cohort.
  3. CP #: number of deaths in the Camp Pendleton cohort.
  4. LCL: lower confidence limit UCL: upper confidence limit.
  5. *Biliary passages, liver and gall bladder **Trachea, bronchus, and lung.
  6. ***Buccal cavity and Pharynx.
  7. †Includes heart diseases and other diseases of the circulatory system.