Table 2.
Major income producing animals on the farm and risk of cancer among male farmers in the AHS
| Poultry | Beef | Dairy | ||||
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| Cancer Site | Number exposed (%) | RR 95 %CI | Number exposed (%) | RR 95 %CI | Number exposed (%) | RR 95 %CI |
| Lung | 22 (4.9) | 0.63 0.4–0.97 |
130 (28.7) | 1.0 0.8–1.3 |
17 (4.0) | 1.3 0.8–2.0 |
| Pancreas | 7 (8.3) | 1.1 0.5–2.5 |
18 (21.4) | 0.6 0.3–0.9 |
6 (3.0) | 0.3 0.1–2.2 |
| Colon | 36 (10.4) | 1.4 0.99–2.0 |
108 (31.1) | 0.9 0.7–1.1 |
14 (4.1) | 1.0 0.6–1.6 |
| Rectum | 10 (6.2) | 0.7 0.4–1.4 |
58 (35.8) | 1.0 0.7–1.4 |
4 (2.5) | NA |
| Renal | 9 (6.0) | 0.8 0.4–1.5 |
55 (36.4) | 1.1 0.8–1.5 |
3 (2.0) | NA |
| Bladder | 12 (6.0) | 0.8 0.5–1.5 |
67 (33.5) | 1.0 0.7–1.3 |
6 (3.0) | 0.8 0.3–1.7 |
| Prostate | 130 (6.9) | 1.0 0.8–1.1 |
705 (37.4) | 1.1 0.98–1.2 |
77 (4.1) | 0.9 0.7–1.2 |
| Brain | 1 | NA | 17 (30.4) | 0.8 0.4–1.4 |
2 (3.6) | NA |
| Melanoma | 14 (7.8) | 0.9 0.5–1.6 |
62 (34.4) | 0.9 0.7–1.3 |
7 (3.9) | 0.8 0.4–1.6 |
| Oral Cavity | 1 (0.09) | NA | 35 (32.4) | 0.8 0.5–1.2 |
3 (2.8) | NA |
| Leukemia | 9 (6.4) | 0.9 0.5–1.7 |
47 (33.6) | 0.9 0.6–1.2 |
3 (2.1) | NA |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 0 | NA | 9 (50.0) | 1.3 0.5–3.4 |
2 (11.1) | NA |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 23 (11.4) | 1.6 1.0–2.4 |
75 (37.3) | 1.1 0.8–1.4 |
10 (5.0) | 1.1 0.6–2.0 |
| Multiple myeloma | 5 (7.2) | 1.0 0.4–2.4 |
19 (27.5) | 0.7 0.4–1.2 |
0 | NA |
| Soft tissue sarcoma | 0 | NA | 6 (37.5) | 1.1 0.4–3.0 |
4 (25.0) | NA |
Adjusted for age, state, smoking and education