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Table 3.

Reported Pesticide, Fertilizers Exposure, and Prostate Cancer Risk Among Farmers

Study	Cases (n)	Controls (n)	Cases exposed (n)	Controls exposed (n)	OR (95% CI), Pesticide exposed vs. nonexposed	Cases exposed (n)	Controls exposed (n)	OR (95% CI)
Checkoway et al. (1987)	30	24	4	4	0.77 (0.17–3.46)
van der Gulden et al. (1995)	64	259	19	73	1.08 (0.59–1.96)	27	102	1.12 (0.64–1.96)
Ewings et al. (1996)	40	106	15	54	0.58 (0.27–1.22)	23	65	0.85 (0.41–1.78)
Bunker, (unpublished)	135	146	34	57	0.52 (0.30–0.90)	35	93	0.45 (0.28–0.71)
Total	269	535	72	188		85	260
Meta OR					0.68 (0.49–0.96)			0.74 (0.40–1.34)
Q-test p value					.331			.04
I², 95% CI					12% (0–87)			68.9% (0–88.8)
Eggers-test p value					.808			—

Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.