Table 1.
Characteristics of all participants and farm pesticide applicators in the Upper Midwest Health Study
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All participants |
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Farm Pesticide Applicators |
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Including proxy respondents |
Excluding proxy respondents |
Including proxy respondents |
Excluding proxy respondents |
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Characteristic |
Cases |
Controls |
Cases |
Controls |
Cases |
Controls |
Cases |
Controls |
| (n = 798) | (n = 1,175) | (n = 438) | (n = 1,141) | (n = 228) | (n = 417) | (n = 125) | (n = 408) | |
| Agea Mean (S.D.) |
51.8 (16.1) |
54.6 (15.4) |
45.4 (15.3) |
54.2 (15.4) |
54.2 (14.1) |
57.3 (13.7) |
49.6 (13.5) |
57.0 (13.6) |
| Sex |
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| Male |
457 (57 %) |
648 (55 %) |
242 (55 %) |
625 (55 %) |
137 (60 %) |
268 (64 %) |
75 (60 %) |
263 (64 %) |
| Female |
341 (43 %) |
527 (45 %) |
196 (45 %) |
516 (45 %) |
91 (40 %) |
149 (36 %) |
50 (40 %) |
145 (36 %) |
| Race |
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| White |
783 (98 %) |
1,152 (98 %) |
429 (98 %) |
1,119 (98 %) |
228 (100 %) |
415 (99.5 %) |
125 (100 %) |
406 (99.5 %) |
| Non-White |
15 (2 %) |
23 (2 %) |
9 (2 %) |
22 (2 %) |
0 (0 %) |
2 (0.5 %) |
0 (0 %) |
2 (0.5 %) |
| State of Residence |
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| I owa |
190 (24 %) |
302 (26 %) |
101 (23 %) |
284 (25 %) |
64 (28 %) |
121 (29 %) |
34 (27 %) |
115 (28 %) |
| Michigan |
246 (31 %) |
298 (25 %) |
133 (30 %) |
292 (26 %) |
42 (18 %) |
75 (18 %) |
23 (18 %) |
74 (18 %) |
| Minnesota |
163 (20 %) |
257 (22 %) |
96 (22 %) |
252 (22 %) |
51 (22 %) |
101 (24 %) |
29 (23 %) |
100 (25 %) |
| Wisconsin |
199 (25 %) |
318 (27 %) |
108 (25 %) |
313 (27 %) |
71 (31 %) |
120 (29 %) |
39 (31 %) |
119 (29 %) |
| Educationb |
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| College Graduate |
132 (17 %) |
200 (17 %) |
89 (20 %) |
198 (17 %) |
32 (14 %) |
44 (11 %) |
22 (18 %) |
44 (11 %) |
| High School Graduate |
523 (66 %) |
768 (65 %) |
303 (69 %) |
752 (66 %) |
130 (57 %) |
272 (65 %) |
82 (66 %) |
267 (65 %) |
| <12 Years | 143 (18 %) | 207 (18 %) | 46 (11 %) | 191 (17 %) | 66 (29 %) | 101 (24 %) | 21 (17 %) | 97 (24 %) |
aAge on January 1, 1993. Eligibility requirement was age > 18 at time of diagnosis or control selection.
bOne control with unknown education was assigned with ‘High School Graduate’.