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Table 6 Association between fogger truck and breast cancer risk, stratified by birth cohort a

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

Birth cohort

Population

Self-reported fogger truck at residence

Cases N (%)

Controls N (%)

Age-adjusted OR (95% CI)b

<1926

Total Population

No fogger

167 (63.0)

138 (69.0)

1.00 reference

  

Fogger

98 (37.0)

62 (31.0)

1.28 (0.86, 1.89)

 

Fogger truck ≤1972

No fogger

167 (66.5)

138 (72.6)

1.00 reference

  

Fogger

84 (33.5)

52 (27.4)

1.35 (0.95, 1.89)

1926-1945

Total Population

No fogger

434 (55.6)

509 (63.1)

1.00 reference

  

Fogger

346 (44.4)

298 (36.9)

1.36 (1.11, 1.66)

 

Fogger truck ≤1972

No fogger

434 (61.0)

509 (67.7)

1.00 reference

  

Fogger

277 (39.0)

243 (32.2)

1.29 (1.10, 1.52)

1946-1972

Total Population

No fogger

318 (68.7)

348 (63.9)

1.00 reference

  

Fogger

145 (31.3)

197 (36.2)

0.80 (0.61, 1.04)

 

Fogger truck ≤1972

No fogger

318 (78.9)

348 (75.5)

1.00 reference

  

Fogger

85 (21.1)

113 (24.5)

0.87 (0.72, 1.04)

  1. aEarliest self-reported fogger truck at residence stratified by time period among Long Island, New York women, Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project, 1996-1997. Birth cohorts and population definitions are mutually exclusive categories.
  2. badjusted for 5-year age groups.