Table 2. Difference in lung cancer incidence attributable to arsenic exposure alone for high and low-exposure areas in the U.S. based on the results of the adjusted Poisson models and USGS survey quantiles in Figure 1.
Compound | Low (ppm) | High (ppm) | β-Estimate | Lung Cancer Rate Increase (%) |
Arsenic | 1.477 | 14.525 | 0.0039 | 5.3% |