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. 2023 Oct 18;131(10):107008. doi: 10.1289/EHP12634

Table 3.

Association between childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and indicators of proximity to vines, depending on the presence of KMT2A transcript and by the presence of ETV6/RUNX1 transcript or of hyperdiploidy >50 chromosomes and the absence of these cytogenetic events (GEOCAP inclusions 2006–2013, GIS-based assessment of exposure based on RPG and CLC).

Controls (n=40,196) ALL with KMT2A (n=121) ALL with ETV6/RUNX1 or hyperdiploidy>50 (n=1,290) ALL with none of the cytogenetic events (n=1,397)
[n (%)] n (%) ORa (95% CI) p b n (%) ORa (95% CI) p b n (%) ORa (95% CI) p b
Presence of vines within 1,000m
 No vines and no other crops 9,664 (24.0) 31 (25.6) 1 (Ref) 290 (22.5) 1 (Ref) 327 (23.4) 1 (Ref)
 No vines but other cropsc 26,517 (66.0) 76 (62.8) 0.96 (0.63, 1.46) 873 (67.7) 1.14 (0.99, 1.30) 938 (67.1) 1.04 (0.92, 1.19)
 Presence of vinesd 4,015 (10.0) 14 (11.6) 1.19 (0.63, 2.24) 127 (9.8) 1.12 (0.91, 1.39) 132 (9.4) 0.97 (0.79, 1.20)
Density of vines within 1,000me
 RPG and CLC (sensible indicator) 1.13 (0.94, 1.35) 0.09 1.04 (0.97, 1.11) 0.16 1.03 (0.96, 1.10) 0.23
 RPG only (specific indicator) 1.39 (0.92, 2.11) 0.06 1.13 (0.94, 1.36) 0.10 1.10 (0.92, 1.31) 0.14

Note: 280 (9%) cases were excluded because cytogenetic information was missing. —, no data; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; CI, confidence interval; CLC, Corine Land Cover; OR, odds ratio; Ref, reference; RPG, Graphic Parcel Register.

a

OR and 95% CI estimated by unconditional logistic regression adjusted for age.

b

One-sided p-values for the slope parameter in the quantitative analyses with the density of vines within 1,000m.

c

At least one plot identified by RPG or CLC with a crop different from viticulture.

d

At least one vine plot identified by RPG or CLC.

e

OR associated with a 10% increase in viticulture density.