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. 2007 Jun;64(6):396–401. doi: 10.1136/oem.2006.030130

Table 3 Observed and expected numbers of death in 696 acrylamide employees in the total cohort.

Cause of death Obs Exp SMR (95% CI)
All causes 141 172.1 81.9 (69.0–96.6)
All malignant neoplasms 43 45.4 94.8 (68.6–127.7)
Buccal cavity and pharynx 1 1.1 90.1 (2.3–502.2)
Digestive organs and peritoneum 17 10.9 155.5 (90.6–249.0)
 Oesophagus 0 1.3 – (0.0–275.8)
 Stomach 1 1.4 73.1 (1.8–407.5)
 Large intestine 7 3.7 187.5 (75.4–386.3)
 Rectum 2 0.8 242.6 (29.4–876.5)
 Biliary passages and liver 1 1.1 89.4 (2.2–498.3)
 Pancreas 5 2.3 222.2 (72.1–518.5)
 All other digestive organs 1 0.3 333.0 (8.3–1855.2)
Respiratory system 12 17.0 70.5 (36.4–123.2)
 Bronchus, trachea, lung 12 16.3 73.7 (38.1–128.7)
Prostate 1 3.0 33.7 (0.8–187.8)
Kidney 3 1.2 245.3 (50.6–716.9)
Bladder or other urinary organs 1 1.0 96.5 (2.4–538.0)
Malignant melanoma 1 0.9 114.1 (2.9–635.9)
Central nervous system 0 1.4 – (0.0–264.8)
Thyroid and other endocrine glands 1 0.1 719.4 (18.0–4008.3)
Bone 0 0.1 – (0.0–3293.8)
All lymphatic and haematopoetic 4 4.5 89.8 (24.5–230.0)
Non‐malignant diseases
 Diabetes mellitus 10 3.5 288.7 (138.4–531.0)
 Cerebrovascular disease 5 7.7 65.3 (21.2–152.30
 Heart disease 54 58.9 91.8 (68.9–119.7)
 Non‐malignant respiratory disease 6 12.2 49.2 (18.1–107.1)
 All external causes 10 17.3 57.7 (27.7–106.1)
 Unknown causes 2