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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2014 Aug 5;25(10):1351–1367. doi: 10.1007/s10552-014-0441-z

Table 3.

Pooled OR (95% CI) for the association between paternal occupational exposures to paint and the risk of leukaemia in the offspring: Overall and by subgroups

Paternal exposures around conception
Total N Case/Controls % in High likelihood of exposure group OR1,2, (95% CI)
1. ALL
Overall 8185/14210 2.0/2.1 0.93 (0.76, 1.14)
Immunophenotype
 B-lineage cases 6457/14210 2.1/2.1 0.93 (0.75, 1.15)
 T-lineage cases 826/14210 2.1/1.7 0.80 (0.46,1.39)
Age at diagnosis
 Less than 5 years 4750/7826 2.3/2.1 1.05 (0.81, 1.36)
 5 or more years 3435/6384 1.7/2.2 0.78 (0.56, 1.08)
Interaction p value = 0.45
Sex
 Girls 3587/6276 2.0/2.1 0.97 (0.71, 1.31)
 Boys 4598/7934 2.0/2.1 0.90 (0.69, 1.18)
Interaction p value = 0.12
Child’s birth year
 Before 1996 5961/10385 2.0/2.1 0.88 (0.69, 1.11)
 1996 or later 2224/3825 2.0/2.1 1.08 (0.74, 1.57)
Interaction p value =0.74
Type of occupational assessment
 Assessment based on expert assessment3 1114/1536 6.2/6.0 1.13 (0.81,1.58)
 Assessment based on coded job titles4 6935/12384 1.3/1.4 0.87 (0.67,1.14)
Interaction p value =0.29
2. AML
Overall 1231/11392 3.3/1.9 0.96 (0.65,1.41)
Age at diagnosis
 Less than 5 years 584/6118 3.3/1.8 0.96 (0.54, 1.73)
 5 or more years 647/5274 3.4/2.0 0.90 (0.53,1.53)
Interaction p value = 0.68
Sex
 Girls 588/5034 3.1/2.0 0.77 (0.43, 1.37)
 Boys 643/6358 3.6/1.8 1.17 (0.69, 1.98)
Interaction p value = 0.43
Child’s birth year
 Before 1996 1008/8235 3.8/2.2 0.96 (0.64, 1.44)
 1996 or later 223/3157 1.3/1.0 1.21 (0.36, 4.11)
Interaction p value = 0.69
Type of occupational assessment
 Assessment not based on coded job titles5 482/808 6.0/8.0 0.96 (0.58, 1.59)
 Assessment based on coded job titles6 749/10584 1.6/1.4 0.94 (0.52, 1.72)
Interaction p value = 0.46
1

OR comparing Group 1 (High likelihood of paint exposure) to reference group 4 (No or minimal likelihood of paint exposure)

2

Adjusted for age, sex, birth year group, study and paternal education

3

Australia (Aus-ALL), Canada.

4

France (ADELE & ESCALE), Greece (NARECHEM 1993–1994 & 1996–2011), Germany (GCCR), Italy (SETIL), UK (UKCCS), US (COG-E15) US, NCCLS. See Table 1 for details of the Occupational coding system.

5

New Zealand (NZCCS), US (COG (CCG-E14).

6

France (ADELE & ESCALE), Greece (NARECHEM 1993–1994 & 1996–2011), Germany (GCCR), Italy (SETIL), UK (UKCCS), US (COG-E14) US, NCCLS. See Table 1 for details of the Occupational coding system.