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Table 2 Pooled cohort study of asbestos cement workers in Italy. Cause specific mortality by gender and selected diseases

From: Cumulative asbestos exposure and mortality from asbestos related diseases in a pooled analysis of 21 asbestos cement cohorts in Italy

 

Males

Females

Cause of death

OBS

EXP

SMR

95% CI

OBS

EXP

SMR

95% CI

All causes

5591

4599.02

1.23 **

1.19

1.26

1035

771.34

1.34 **

1.26

1.43

Malignant neoplasm (MN)

2342

1589.36

1.47 **

1.41

1.53

414

242.81

1.71 **

1.55

1.88

MN lip, oral cavity and pharynx

29

42.97

0.68 *

0.45

0.97

5

2.56

1.95

0.63

4.56

MN digestive organs (incl peritoneum)

639

544.87

1.17 *

1.08

1.27

130

86.24

1.51 **

1.26

1.79

MN oesophagus

39

31.89

1.22

0.87

1.67

–

1.72

–

–

–

MN stomach

136

139.59

0.97

0.82

1.15

22

16.71

1.32

0.83

1.99

MN small intestine

6

2.81

2.14

0.78

4.65

–

0.47

–

–

–

MN colon

117

102.34

1.14

0.95

1.37

26

20.10

1.29

0.85

1.90

MN rectum

40

45.90

0.87

0.62

1.19

11

7.74

1.42

0.71

2.54

MN of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts

102

103.33

0.99

0.81

1.20

10

11.53

0.87

0.42

1.60

MN peritoneum

102

7.19

14.19 **

11.57

17.23

31

2.05

15.14 **

10.29

21.50

MN respiratory organs

1184

552.55

2.14 **

2.02

2.27

130

25.93

5.01 **

4.19

5.95

MN larynx

50

41.83

1.20

0.89

1.58

2

0.63

3.16

0.38

11.42

MN lung

820

490.25

1.67 **

1.56

1.79

38

22.82

1.67 **

1.18

2.29

MN pleura

305

13.65

22.35 **

19.91

25.00

89

1.85

48.10 **

38.63

59.19

MN uterus

     

21

14.07

1.49

0.92

2.28

MN ovary

     

19

12.70

1.50

0.90

2.34

MN prostate

93

96.74

0.96

0.78

1.18

     

MN bladder

82

70.79

1.16

0.92

1.44

6

3.50

1.71

0.63

3.73

MN kidney

34

37.90

0.90

0.62

1.25

1

4.08

0.25

0.01

1.37

Leukemia and lymphoma

125

108.04

1.16

0.96

1.38

22

20.52

1.07

0.67

1.62

MN unspecified site

64

40.20

1.59 **

1.23

2.03

8

7.11

1.13

0.49

2.22

Psychiatric diseases

40

38.79

1.03

0.74

1.40

17

12.81

1.33

0.77

2.13

Neurological diseases

60

92.79

0.65 **

0.49

0.83

14

23.26

0.60

0.33

1.01

Cardiovascular diseases

1444

1657.41

0.87 **

0.83

0.92

307

304.88

1.01

0.90

1.13

Respiratory diseases

679

307.83

2.21 **

2.04

2.38

92

37.33

2.47 **

1.99

3.02

Bronchitis, emphysema, asthma

150

127.31

1.18

1.00

1.38

16

10.60

1.51

0.86

2.45

Asbestosis

348

0.69

507.22 **

455.32

563.41

51

0.05

1023.34 **

761.95

1345.52

Other pneumoconioses

32

8.00

4.00 **

2.74

5.65

1

0.04

8.42

0.63

139.30

Digestive diseases

276

281.56

0.98

0.87

1.10

45

40.54

1.11

0.81

1.49

Genitourinary diseases

53

59.76

0.89

0.66

1.16

13

10.39

1.25

0.67

2.14

Accidents and violence

221

234.61

0.94

0.82

1.08

35

28.69

1.22

0.85

1.70

Poorly specified causes

77

29.82

2.58 **

2.04

3.23

24

8.37

2.87 **

1.84

4.27

Unknown causes (in “All causes” only)

230

    

25

    
  1. OBS: observed; EXP: expected; SMR: standardized mortality ratio; CI: confidence interval. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01
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