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Published in final edited form as: Occup Environ Med. 2019 Jul 13;76(11):827–837. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2018-105655

Table 5:

The Association between Farming any animal or specific animal species and the Risk of LHC subtypes, by Cohort

Any animal Cattle Beef Cattle Dairy cattle
AGRICAN CNAP AHS AGRICAN CNAP AHS CNAP AHS AGRICAN CNAP AHS
  No. HR 95% CI No. HR 95% CI No. HR 95% CI No. HR 95% CI No. HR 95% CI No. HR 95% CI No. HR 95% CI No. HR 95% CI No. HR 95% CI No. HR 95% CI No. HR 95% CI
Myeloid Malignancies 153 0.96 0.67,1.38 304 1.10 0.87,1.40 80 0.68 0.48,0.95 142 0.74 0.50,1.10 206 0.99 0.80,1.22 53 0.78 0.55,1.09 146 0.91 0.73,1.13 50 0.81 0.58,1.14 122 1.05 0.76,1.46 175 0.96 0.78,1.18 6 0.80 0.35,1.83
MPNs 41 0.87 0.47,1.61 89 1.36 0.84,2.20 20 0.65 0.33,1.31 36 0.53 0.28,1.01 54 0.83 0.56,1.23 15 0.93 0.47,1.83 30 0.53 0.34,0.82 14 0.99 0.50,1.96 32 0.85 0.47,1.54 48 0.89 0.60,1.33 1 - -
AML & MDs 34 0.70 0.35,1.42 176 1.35 1.05,1.44 43 0.56 0.36,0.87 103 0.90 0.52,1.55 125 1.06 0.81,1.40 29 0.71 0.45,1.12 95 1.08 0.82,1.44 28 0.76 0.48,1.20 89 1.20 0.79,1.82 106 1.02 0.77,1.33 3 - -
Lymphoid Malignancies 411 1.24 0.98,1.58 1139 0.92 0.82,1.04 329 1.10 0.91,1.33 384 1.12 0.84,1.48 802 0.97 0.87,1.08 217 1.07 0.89,1.27 594 0.97 0.87,1.09 197 1.03 0.86,1.23 302 1.03 0.83,1.28 689 0.97 0.87,1.07 25 1.01 0.67,1.51
NHL 399 1.28 1.00,1.64 1087 0.92 0.81,1.04 307 1.10 0.90,1.33 373 1.14 0.86,1.51 764 0.97 0.87,1.08 204 1.07 0.89,1.29 564 0.96 0.85,1.08 158 1.03 0.86,1.25 293 1.04 0.83,1.29 657 0.96 0.86,1.08 23 1.00 0.65,1.52
NHL B-CELL 359 1.29 0.99,1.67 1012 0.92 0.81,1.04 288 1.08 0.88,1.31 337 1.14 0.83,1.55 714 0.97 0.87,1.09 194 1.09 0.90,1.32 523 0.95 0.84,1.07 175 1.04 0.86,1.26 265 1.04 0.83,1.30 613 0.97 0.86,1.08 23 1.07 0.70,1.63
CLL/SLL 83 1.15 0.68,1.92 199 0.86 0.65,1.14 74 0.90 0.62,1.32 78 0.96 0.54,1.72 133 0.86 0.66,1.10 50 0.96 0.67,1.39 93 0.77 0.58,1.01 47 0.98 0.68,1.42 57 0.77 0.47,1.26 122 1.00 0.77,1.29 3 - -
Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma 34 1.25 0.55,2.86 70 1.06 0.62,1.80 3 - - 32 1.04 0.42,2.57 51 1.07 0.68,1.69 1 - - 42 1.26 0.79,2.00 0 - - 23 0.84 0.43,1.66 41 0.89 0.57,1.40 1 - -
DLBCL 69 1.52 0.81,2.83 177 0.93 0.69,1.25 71 1.24 0.82,1.86 63 1.12 0.59,2.11 120 0.91 0.69,1.19 48 1.20 0.82,1.77 88 0.90 0.68,1.28 42 1.09 0.74,1.61 49 1.06 0.63,1.80 105 0.95 0.73,1.25 6 1.14 0.50,2.62
MZL 27 3.71 0.87,15.81 32 1.07 0.52,2.21 9 1.14 0.34,3.86 27 - - 24 1.23 0.64,2.35 7 1.45 0.48,4.38 15 0.86 0.43,1.73 6 1.20 0.40,3.61 26 19.95 1.21,99.10 19 0.99 0.51,1.89 2 - -
FL 29 1.09 0.47,2.54 93 1.37 0.85,2.21 43 1.25 0.72,2.19 26 0.61 0.26,1.40 74 1.61 1.08,2.41 32 1.50 0.91,2.49 52 1.28 0.85,1.92 28 1.31 0.79,2.18 22 0.79 0.38,1.65 65 1.53 1.03,2.27 6 2.13 0.91,4.98
Multiple myeloma / Plasma-cell Leukaemia 94 1.09 0.67,1.78 258 0.90 0.71,1.15 51 0.90 0.59,1.38 89 1.18 0.62,2.26 191 1.10 0.88,1.38 31 0.81 0.52,1.25 140 1.09 0.86,1.38 30 0.87 0.56,1.35 71 1.09 0.67,1.77 160 1.02 0.82,1.28 1 - -
NHL T-cell 23 0.92 0.36,2.34 58 1.21 0.70,2.10 13 1.48 0.50,4.38 21 1.21 0.36,4.00 37 0.94 0.58,1.52 6 0.68 0.25,1.84 30 1.17 0.71,1.94 6 0.80 0.29,2.16 17 1.10 0.39,3.14 34 1.08 0.67,1.75 0 - -
Sheep/goats Pigs Livestock Poultry
AGRICAN CNAP AHS AGRICAN CNAP AHS AGRICAN CNAP AHS AGRICAN CNAP AHS
No. HRa 95% CI No. HRb 95% CI No. HRc 95% CI No. HRa 95% CI No. HRb 95% CI No. HRc 95% CI No. HRa 95% CI No. HRb 95% CI No. HRc 95% CI No. HRa 95% CI No. HRb 95% CI No. HRc 95% CI
Myeloid Neoplasms 39 0.76 0.49,1.16 174 1.15 0.94,1.40 2 - - 79 0.75 0.52,1.08 128 1.01 0.81,1.27 35 0.79 0.53,1.19 149 0.95 0.67,1.34 259 1.06 0.84,1.34 79 0.72 0.51,1.00 99 0.81 0.58,1.14 123 1.24 0.99,1.54 8 0.58 0.29,1.19
AML & MDs 27 0.73 0.43,1.23 70 0.96 0.74,1.26 1 - - 60 0.77 0.48,1.24 82 1.14 0.85,1.52 21 0.80 0.48,1.36 107 0.97 0.63,1.48 122 0.99 0.73,1.35 42 0.58 0.37,0.92 71 0.79 0.51,1.20 75 1.28 0.96,1.71 7 0.94 0.43,2.03
MPNs 11 0.87 0.42,1.78 60 1.75 1.20,2.57 1 - - 18 0.68 0.30,1.52 33 0.87 0.56,1.35 7 0.53 0.22,1.26 40 0.87 0.48,1.60 87 1.32 0.83,2.11 20 0.71 0.35,1.43 26 0.90 0.47,1.71 34 1.20 0.79,1.83 - - -
Lymphoid Neoplasms 96 0.75 0.52,1.07 607 0.94 0.85,1.04 22 1.36 0.88,2.09 209 0.88 0.72,1.08 452 0.86 0.76,0.97 159 1.15 0.94,1.41 403 1.17 0.93,1.47 1119 0.94 0.84,1.06 316 1.06 0.88,1.28 245 0.92 0.71,1.17 429 1.04 0.93,1.17 52 1.20 0.90,1.60
NHL 91 0.72 0.50,1.04 576 0.93 0.83,1.03 22 1.46 0.95,2.25 204 0.89 0.72,1.09 438 0.88 0.78,1.00 146 1.14 0.92,1.41 391 1.20 0.94,1.51 1068 0.94 0.94,1.06 296 1.07 0.88,1.30 238 0.91 0.72,1.17 408 1.04 0.92,1.17 49 1.21 0.90,1.63
NHL B-cell 82 0.72 0.51,1.02 543 0.95 0.85,1.06 21 1.48 0.95,2.31 181 0.87 0.70,1.08 410 0.88 0.78,1.00 136 1.12 0.90,1.40 352 1.18 0.92,1.51 994 0.93 0.93,1.06 279 1.07 0.88,1.31 213 0.90 0.69,1.18 381 1.04 0.92,1.17 44 1.14 0.84,1.56
CLL/SLL 21 0.82 0.45,1.51 102 0.94 0.73,1.21 4 - - 49 1.16 0.72,1.86 88 0.91 0.69,1.21 40 1.20 0.80,1.80 81 0.92 0.57,1.48 193 0.85 0.65,1.12 74 0.97 0.66,1.42 52 0.97 0.56,1.66 81 1.09 0.84,1.43 6 0.59 0.26,1.35
Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma 7 0.67 0.24,1.91 37 0.99 0.64,1.53 1 - - 12 0.51 0.21,1.21 28 0.86 0.53,1.40 2 - - 34 1.37 0.60,3.14 69 1.09 0.65,1.84 3 - - 14 0.48 0.22,1.02 34 1.55 0.99,2.42 1 - -
DLBCL 18 0.84 0.39,1.80 96 0.95 0.73,1.25 2 - - 37 1.05 0.60,1.85 76 1.02 0.76,1.37 33 1.24 0.79,1.95 68 1.50 0.82,2.75 175 0.97 0.72,1.30 67 1.14 0.76,1.71 39 0.95 0.55,1.63 66 1.07 0.80,1.43 16 1.78 1.05,3.04
MZL 6 0.85 0.25,2.85 14 0.60 0.31,1.16 2 - - 13 1.03 0.41,2.60 9 0.67 0.31,1.46 4 - - 27 4.15 0.97,17.68 31 1.00 0.49,2.04 9 1.21 0.36,4.13 19 2.08 0.67,6.44 12 1.23 0.62,2.44 1 - -
FL 3 - 46 0.93 0.63,1.36 1 - - 11 0.45 0.20,1.06 37 0.99 0.65,1.51 17 0.80 0.44,1.46 28 1.03 0.46,2.30 93 1.49 0.92,2.41 42 1.27 0.73,2.22 16 0.61 0.23,1.61 31 0.96 0.63,1.48 4 - -
Multiple myeloma / Plasma cell Leukaemia 21 0.70 0.42,1.16 142 0.96 0.77,1.19 8 3.54 1.68,7.46 50 0.89 0.56,1.41 99 0.84 0.66,1.08 26 1.39 0.84,2.29 91 1.01 0.63,1.61 255 0.94 0.74,1.20 48 0.86 0.56,1.32 60 0.95 0.53,1.73 90 0.96 0.75,1.23 8 0.98 0.48,2.04
NHL T,cell 6 0.84 0.20,3.51 25 0.69 0.42,1.13 1 - - 15 1.71 0.58,5.04 22 0.99 0.58,1.69 7 1.41 0.50,3.99 23 1.00 0.39,2.56 57 1.22 0.71,2.09 12 1.20 0.42,3.39 16 1.48 0.57,3.86 22 1.23 0.74,2.06 3 - -

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; MPNS, Myeloproliferative Neoplasms; AML, Acute myeloid leukaemia; MDS, Myelodysplastic syndrome; NHL, Non Hodgkin lymphoma; CCL/SLL, Chronic/small lymphocytic leukaemia/lymphoma; DLBCL, Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, MZL, Marginal zone lymphoma; FL, Follicular lymphoma, No., number of exposed cases, - < 6 exposed cases or 0 non exposed cases

a

HR: AGRICAN - Cox Regression adjusted for: sex, retirement status, the number of crops for which farmer/worker personally applied pesticides

b

HR: CNAP - Myeloid malignancies - Cox Regression adjusted for: sex, Aldicarb, Lindane, DDT, Mancozeb

b

HR: CNAP - Lymphoid malignancies s - Cox Regression adjusted for: sex, Dichlorvos, Aldicarb, Lindane, DDT, Deltametrin, Mancozeb, Linuron, Glyphosate

c

HR: AHS - Myeloid malignancies - Cox Regression adjusted for: sex, state, Chlorpyrifos, Terbufos, Dichlorvos, Dicamba, Glyphosate, Lindane, DDT, Aldicarb, Captan

c

HR: AHS - Lymphoid malignancies - Cox Regression adjusted for: sex, state, Terbufos, Lindane, DDT, Permethrin, Dicamba, Parathion, Carbaryl