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. 2011 Jul 19;10:67. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-67

Table 3.

Incidence rate ratios for cancer in association with markers of traffic at residence at the time of enrolment into the cohort between 1993 and 1997

Cancer site (ICD-7) Incidence rate ratioa (95% CI)

Major street within 50 m
(yes versus no)
Per 104 vehicle km/day
within 200 m

Crude Adjustedb Crude Adjustedb
Buccal cavity and pharynx (140-148) 0.92 (0.45;1.90) 0.85 (0.41;1.77) 0.98 (0.68;1.41) 0.87 (0.59;1.29)

Esophagus (150) 1.59 (0.82;3.10) 1.38 (0.71;2.68) 1.20 (0.84;1.72) 1.07 (0.73;1.58)

Stomach (151) 1.01 (0.46;2.19) 0.92 (0.42;1.98) 1.08 (0.74;1.58) 1.00 (0.70;1.48)

Colon (153) 1.13 (0.82;1.55) 0.89 (0.41;1.95) 1.04 (0.88;1.23) 0.99 (0.66;1.47)

Rectum (154) 1.03 (0.67;1.58) 1.00 (0.64;1.56) 0.94 (0.75;1.18) 0.92 (0.72;1.16)

Liver (155.0) 1.58 (0.74;3.34) 1.40 (0.66;2.98) 1.55 (1.09;2.20) 1.45 (1.00;2.09)

Pancreas (157) 0.92 (0.47;1.82) 0.79 (0.38;1.63) 0.78 (0.53;1.14) 0.73 (0.49;1.09)

Larynx (161) 1.24 (0.56;2.72) 1.03 (0.47;2.27) 1.28 (0.88;1.87) 1.13 (0.75;1.70)

Breast (170) 1.11 (0.90;1.38) 0.98 (0.78;1.22) 1.08 (0.98;1.21) 0.98 (0.88;1.10)

Cervix (171) 4.67 (2.29;9.52) 4.36 (2.12;8.95) 1.88 (1.27;2.79) 1.70 (1.12;2.58)

Uteri (172) 1.15 (0.70;1.90) 0.96 (0.55;1.66) 1.19 (0.94;1.52) 1.15 (0.90;1.49)

Ovary (175) 0.50 (0.20;1.23) 0.49 (0.20;1.19) 0.88 (0.61;1.26) 0.80 (0.54;1.17)

Prostate (177) 0.88 (0.67;1.17) 0.91 (0.69;1.21) 0.91 (0.79;1.05) 0.96 (0.83;1.11)

Kidney (180) 1.29 (0.71;2.35) 0.90 (0.44;1.87) 1.10 (0.80;1.51) 1.10 (0.78;1.54)

Bladder (181) 1.06 (0.68;1.66) 0.94 (0.60;1.48) 1.20 (0.97;1.47) 1.09 (0.87;1.35)

Melanoma (190) 0.69 (0.40;1.19) 0.65 (0.37;1.14) 0.83 (0.64;1.08) 0.83 (0.64;1.09)

Brain (193) 1.89 (1.07;3.34) 1.89 (1.07;3.36) 1.27 (0.93;1.75) 1.27 (0.93;1.75)

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (200, 202) 0.91 (0.54;1.51) 0.90 (0.54;1.51) 1.06 (0.83;1.35) 1.06 (0.83;1.35)

Myeloma (203) 1.06 (0.46;2.45) 1.06 (0.46;2.45) 0.78 (0.48;1.29) 0.78 (0.48;1.29)

Leukemia (204) 0.79 (0.39;1.62) 0.81 (0.39;1.66) 0.73 (0.50;1.09) 0.75 (0.51;1.11)

a Based on same data as the analyses shown in Table 2

b Adjustments identical to those in Table 2