|
Types of pesticides used for the following pests
|
Cumulative Exposures
|
Number of cases
|
Number of controls
|
OR after adjusting for confounders* (vs. never exposed)
|
95% CI
|
|---|
| | | |
Benign breast diseases
|
Other surgical diseases
|
Total
| | |
|---|
|
Never exposed+
|
__
|
143
|
145
|
84
|
229
|
__
|
__
|
|
Ants, carpenter ants, cockroaches
|
Tertiles 1 (1-33%)
|
93
|
105
|
39
|
144
|
0.99
|
0.56-1.72
|
| |
Tertiles 2 (34-66%)
|
49
|
51
|
37
|
88
|
1.15
|
0.56-2.36
|
| |
Tertiles 3 (67-100%)
|
84
|
97
|
54
|
151
|
0.95
|
0.52-1.73
|
|
Bees or wasps
|
Tertiles 1 (1-33%)
|
25
|
28
|
11
|
39
|
0.7
|
0.28-1.75
|
| |
Tertiles 2 (34-66%)
|
5
|
14
|
9
|
23
|
0.45
|
0.11-1.81
|
| |
Tertiles 3 (67-100%)
|
19
|
10
|
10
|
20
|
3.15
|
0.61-16.35
|
|
Flies or mosquitoes in your home or yard
|
Tertiles 1 (1-33%)
|
14
|
7
|
5
|
12
|
2.37
|
0.50-11.22
|
| |
Tertiles 2 (34-66%)
|
8
|
6
|
6
|
12
|
1.18
|
0.20-6.98
|
| |
Tertiles 3 (67-100%)
|
9
|
9
|
7
|
16
|
1.66
|
0.26-10.67
|
|
Fleas or ticks in your home
|
Tertiles 1 (1-33%)
|
17
|
18
|
13
|
31
|
1.1
|
0.30-3.95
|
| |
Tertiles 2 (34-66%)
|
15
|
8
|
9
|
17
|
10.73
|
1.14-101.28
|
| |
Tertiles 3 (67-100%)
|
10
|
19
|
7
|
26
|
2.95
|
0.46-19.04
|
|
Weeds
|
Tertiles 1 (1-33%)
|
51
|
49
|
34
|
83
|
1.21
|
0.61-2.40
|
| |
Tertiles 2 (34-66%)
|
22
|
24
|
13
|
37
|
1.7
|
0.64-4.53
|
| |
Tertiles 3 (67-100%)
|
41
|
37
|
21
|
58
|
1.03
|
0.43-2.45
|
|
Lawn insects
|
Tertiles 1 (1-33%)
|
42
|
41
|
19
|
60
|
1.43
|
0.67-3.05
|
| |
Tertiles 2 (34-66%)
|
20
|
16
|
12
|
28
|
2.42
|
0.86-6.78
|
| |
Tertiles 3 (67-100%)
|
36
|
30
|
20
|
50
|
0.68
|
0.28-1.64
|
|
Insects or diseases of outdoor plants
|
Tertiles 1 (1-33%)
|
26
|
37
|
21
|
58
|
0.68
|
0.29-1.58
|
| |
Tertiles 2 (34-66%)
|
14
|
12
|
6
|
18
|
1.13
|
0.37-3.40
|
| |
Tertiles 3 (67-100%)
|
33
|
22
|
18
|
40
|
1.04
|
0.37-2.92
|
- * Adjusted for age at the time of diagnosis, race, religion, level of education, family history of breast cancer, body mass index, age at menopause and age at menarche.
-
+ The never exposed category included persons who reported not being exposed to the pesticides.
- CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio
