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. 2023 Feb 25;5:100101. doi: 10.1016/j.gloepi.2023.100101

Table 3.

Relevant details glyphosate NHL epidemiologic studies.

Authors Subjects Participation Proxy respondents % exposed; days glyphosate use among exposed Exposure metric RR 95% CI
McDuffie et al. 517 cases Cases 67% Cases 21% Cases 10% ≥ 1 day/lifetime 1.2 0.8, 1.7
1506 controls Controls 48% Controls 15% Controls 9%
Median ~ 10 days ≤ 2 days/year 1.0 0.6, 1.6
> 2 days/year 2.1 1.3, 2.7

Hardell et al. 515 cases Cases 91% Cases 44% Cases 1.6% ≥ 1 day 3.0 1.1, 8.5
1141 controls Controls 84% Controls 44% Controls 0.7% 1.9 0.6, 6.2
Unknown frequency of use, likely very few days

De Roos et al. 650 cases 91% Nebraska Cases 31% Cases 5.5% ≥ 1 day/lifetime 2.1, ! 1.1, 4.0
89% Iowa Controls 40% Controls 3.2% 1.6, !! 0.9, 2.8
89% Minnesota
96% Kansas
< 7 days median use
1933 controls 85% Nebraska
78% Iowa
78% Minnesota
93% Kansas

Eriksson et al. 910 cases Cases 81% none Cases 3% ≥ 1 day/lifetime 2.0 1.1, 3.7
1016 controls Controls 65% Controls 2% 1.5 0.8,2.9
> 10 days median use ≥ 1 day/lifetime
≤ 10 years latency 1.1 0.2, 5.1
> 10 years latency 2.3 1.2, 4.4
< 10 days of use 1.7 0.7, 4.1
≥ 10 days of use 2.4 1.0, 5.4

Orsi et al. 244 cases Cases 96% None Cases 5% ≥ 1 day/lifetime 1 0.5, 2.2
436 controls Controls 91% Controls 6%
Unknown frequency of use, likely very few days

Cocco et al. 2348 cases Cases 88% None Cases < 1% ≥ 1 day/lifetime 3.1⁎⁎ 0.6, 17.1
2462 controls Hospital controls 81% Controls < 1%
Population controls 52%
Unknown frequency of use, likely very few days

Meloni et al. 867 cases Cases 93% None Cases 2.4% ≥ 1 day/lifetime
774 controls Controls 62% Controls 1.9% High, medium, low confidence
1.4 0.6, 2.9
Medium & high confidence Medium/high confidence
Cases 1.0% 1.2 0.4, 1.5
Control 0.8%
Unknown frequency of use, likely very few days

Andreotti et al. 54,251 licensed pesticide applicators Not applicable none 83% Intensity weighted days of use
Quartile 1
Median exposure 48 days Quartile 2 0.8 0.6, 1.2
Quartile 3 0.8 0.6, 1.1
IQR 20 to 166 days Quartile 4 0.9 0.7, 1.2
0.9 0.6, 1.2
Days of use:
< 1 to 14 days
14 to 38 days 0.8 0.6, 1.0
29 to 108 days 0.9 0.7, 1.1
≥ 109 days 0.9 0.6, 1.1
0.8 0.6, 1.1

Leon et al. 316,210 agricultural workers Not applicable None AHS 81% ≥ 1 day all subtypes 1.0^, 0.8, 1.2
AGRICAN 37% CLL/SLL 0.9 0.7, 1.2
NCAP 39% FL 0.8 0.5, 1.2
MM 0.9 0.7, 1.2
Unknown frequency of glyphosate use DLBCL 1.4 1.0, 1.9

adjusted for other pesticides.

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logistic regression estimate.

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hierarchical regression estimate.

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B-cell lymphoma.

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In order: all NHL, chronic lymphocytic lymphoma/small lymphocytic lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, multiple myeloma/plasma cell leukemia, and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.