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Table 5 Cumulative exposure to different types of pesticides
| 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 | |
