Table 1.

General characteristics of 51,603 male pesticide applicators by stroke mortality outcome, Agricultural Health Study, 1993–2008.^a

	Casesb		Noncasesc		Person Time	Incidence Rate Ratiod	95% Confidence Interval
	(N = 308)	%	(N = 51,295)	%
Site
NC	194	63	16591	32	218426	1
Iowa	114	37	34704	68	457408	0.43	0.34	0.55
Smoking status
Never	116	38	27230	53	362046	1
Past	135	44	15530	30	201973	1.21	0.94	1.55
Current	57	19	8535	17	111815	2.37	1.72	3.27
Age (years)
<50	27	9	31983	62	431181	1
50–59	50	16	10356	20	135751	5.88	3.69	9.39
60–69	120	39	6818	13	85287	22.48	14.81	34.12
70+	111	36	2138	4	23645	75.00	49.23	114.17
Race/Ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	295	96	49607	97	653862	1
Other	12	4	1606	3	20934	1.07	0.60	1.91
Education
High school of less	207	69	28493	57	372228	1
Beyond high school	91	31	21663	43	288718	1.07	0.83	1.37
BMI (kg/m2)
<25	80	36	9573	26	127407	1
25–29.9	102	46	19105	51	253118	0.64	0.50	0.82
>=30	38	17	8745	23	115694	0.63	0.44	0.89
Drinks per month at enrollment
None	184	60	16450	32	214040	1
1–4	63	20	13917	27	184014	0.72	0.54	0.96
5–30	36	12	13727	27	182045	0.57	0.39	0.80
>30	25	8	7201	14	95735	0.80	0.52	1.22
Heart disease
No	236	81	47750	95	632603	1
Yes	55	19	2590	5	30975	1.41	1.04	1.90
Diabetes
No	242	84	48897	97	645814	1
Yes	46	16	1419	3	17438	3.11	2.26	4.27
Hypertensione
No	91	59	19029	84	254169	1
Yes	62	41	3665	16	46840	1.74	1.25	2.42

^aData not available for all participants due to missing values in some categories.

^bCases are defined as deaths with an underlying or contributing cause attributed to stroke on state death certificates by using

International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, codes I60-I69.

^cNon-cases are participants who did not experience a stroke-related death during study follow-up.

^dAdjusted for age in categories.

^eThe hypertension question asked on the take-home questionnaire was answered by 23,170 participants (161 stroke deaths).