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. 2008 Oct 10;117(1):133–139. doi: 10.1289/ehp.11927

Table 2.

Characteristics of paint and petroleum solvent use in households of children participating in the NCCLS [n (%)].

ALL
AML
User and time window of use Cases (n = 550) Controls (n = 737) Cases (n = 100) Controls (n = 125)
Paint
 Overall 322 (58.5) 366 (49.7) 44 (44.0) 61 (48.8)
 By mother 172 (31.3) 206 (28.0) 24 (24.0) 32 (25.6)
 By father 203 (36.9) 229 (31.1) 22 (22.0) 37 (29.6)
 By another person 105 (19.1) 95 (12.9) 14 (14.0) 14 (11.2)
 During the 3 months before pregnancy 54 (9.8) 61 (8.3) 12 (12.0) 9 (7.2)
 During first trimester 51 (9.3) 46 (6.2) 11 (11.0) 8 (6.4)
 During second trimester 53 (9.6) 54 (7.3) 12 (12.0) 10 (8.0)
 During third trimester 84 (15.3) 95 (12.9) 16 (16.0) 17 (13.6)
 From birth to first birthday/reference datea 115 (21.4) 134 (18.5) 19 (20.9) 21 (17.5)
 From first birthday to second birthday/reference dateb 126 (24.9) 151 (22.0) 20 (25.6) 22 (21.8)
 From second birthday to third birthday/reference datec 120 (28.0) 153 (25.8) 16 (24.6) 20 (23.5)
Petroleum solvents
 Overall 230 (41.8) 270 (36.6) 40 (40.0) 35 (28.0)
 By mother 102 (18.5) 128 (17.4) 16 (16.0) 15 (12.0)
 By father 158 (28.7) 177 (24.0) 31 (31.0) 28 (22.4)
 By another person 41 (7.5) 39 (5.3) 5 (5.0) 5 (4.0)
 During the 3 months before pregnancy 113 (20.5) 132 (17.9) 17 (17.0) 21 (16.8)
 During first trimester 110 (20.0) 135 (18.3) 17 (17.0) 21 (16.8)
 During second trimester 112 (20.4) 142 (19.3) 19 (19.0) 22 (17.6)
 During third trimester 120 (21.8) 144 (19.5) 21 (21.0) 21 (16.8)
 From birth to first birthday/reference datea 139 (25.8) 172 (23.8) 20 (22.0) 24 (20.0)
 From first birthday to second birthday/reference dateb 144 (28.5) 170 (24.8) 22 (28.2) 24 (23.8)
 From second birthday to third birthday/reference datec 132 (30.8) 155 (26.1) 19 (29.2) 20 (23.5)
a

Denominators = 538 for ALL cases, 724 for ALL controls, 91 for AML cases, and 120 for AML controls.

b

Denominators = 506 for ALL cases, 685 for ALL controls, 78 for AML cases, and 101 for AML controls.

c

Denominators = 428 for ALL cases, 593 for ALL controls, 65 for AML cases, and 85 for AML controls.