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. 2024 Apr 16;23:42. doi: 10.1186/s12940-024-01074-2

Table 4.

Summaries of fitting a Poisson regression model on malignant neoplasms in the perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-contaminated Red area. 1980–2018

Mortality rate ratio 90% CI p-value
Females vs. males 0.92 0.89–0.94 < 0.001
1980–1989 Reference
1990–2009 vs. 1980–1989 1.05 1.01–1.08 0.021
2010–2018 vs. 1980–1989 1.08 1.04–1.12 0.001

CI confidence interval

The Red area includes the 30 municipalities in the provinces of Vicenza, Padua and Verona (northern Italy) connected to the PFAS-contaminated aqueduct