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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Jul;52(7):693–697. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181e66d25

Table 2.

Odds Ratios for incident non-fatal MI and pesticide use among 22,425 farm women in the Agricultural Health Study

Cases (N=168) Controls (N=22257) Odds Ratio* 95% Confidence Interval
N % N %
Ever Applied Pesticides 92 55 13357 60 0.9 0.7 1.2
FUMIGANTS 7 4 522 2 1.5 0.7 3.2
 METHYL BROMIDE 5 3 347 2 1.7 0.7 4.3
FUNGICIDES 16 10 1365 6 1.3 0.8 2.3
 CAPTAN 5 3 601 3 1.1 0.4 2.6
 MANEB 6 4 376 2 1.7 0.7 3.9
 METALAXYL 7 5 385 2 2.4 1.1 5.3
HERBICIDES 54 33 8980 41 0.8 0.6 1.2
 2,4–D 27 17 3652 17 1.1 0.7 1.7
 ALACHLOR 9 6 1085 5 1.2 0.6 2.4
 ATRAZINE 13 8 1192 6 1.5 0.8 2.7
 BUTYLATE 5 3 343 2 2.1 0.8 5.2
 CHLORIMURON-ETHYL 5 3 424 2 1.8 0.7 4.5
 CYANAZINE 6 4 739 3 1.2 0.5 2.9
 DICAMBA 5 3 1019 5 0.8 0.3 1.9
 GLYPHOSATE 46 29 8096 37 0.8 0.6 1.2
 METOLACHLOR 5 3 863 4 0.9 0.4 2.2
 METRIBUZIN 5 3 452 2 1.5 0.6 3.7
 PETROLEUM OIL 10 7 852 4 1.8 0.9 3.4
 PENDIMETHALIN 9 6 592 3 2.5 1.2 4.9
 TRIFLURALIN 15 10 1360 6 1.8 1.0 3.1
INSECTICIDES 77 47 9497 43 1.1 0.8 1.6
CARBAMATES 63 38 7576 34 1.1 0.8 1.5
 CARBARYL 55 36 7087 33 1.0 0.7 1.4
 CARBOFURAN 9 6 478 2 2.5 1.3 5.0
ORGANOCHLORINES 21 14 1951 9 1.1 0.7 1.7
 CHLORDANE 14 10 998 5 1.7 0.9 2.9
 DDT 11 8 856 4 1.0 0.6 1.9
ORGANOPHOSPHATES 49 30 6411 29 1.1 0.8 1.5
 CHLORPYRIFOS 14 9 1056 5 2.1 1.2 3.7
 COUMAPHOS 7 4 314 1 3.2 1.5 7.0
 DIAZINON 13 9 2388 11 0.8 0.4 1.4
 FONOFOS 5 3 448 2 1.7 0.7 4.3
 MALATHION 31 21 4639 22 0.9 0.6 1.3
 TERBUFOS 9 6 735 3 1.9 1.0 3.8
*

Odds Ratios adjusted for age, BMI, smoking status, and state.