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. 2017 Aug 16;16:86. doi: 10.1186/s12940-017-0295-4

Table 4.

Age adjusted relative risk for all cancers, prostate cancer and malignant melanoma, by employment years, cumulative air hours, cumulative mSv, and cumulative mSv up to age of 40 years

All primary cancers (C00-C97) Prostate cancer (C61) Malignant melanoma (C43)
Exposure No Yes No Yes No Yes
metrics n = 474 n = 77 RR (95% CI) n = 524 n = 27 RR (95% CI) n = 544 n = 7 RR (95% CI)
Employment years
 Unexposed 232 33 1.00 (Referent) 253 12 1.00 (Referent) 264 1 1.00 (Referent)
 <15 127 5 1.73 (0.51 to 5.18) 132 0 131 1 9.33 (0.22 to 596.01)
 15+ 115 39 2.34 (1.45 to 3.80) 139 15 2.40 (1.10 to 5.23) 149 5 9.55 (1.49 to 187.47)
 p-trend 0.002 0.05 0.02
Cumulative air hours
 Unexposed 232 33 1.00 (Referent) 253 12 1.00 (Referent) 264 1 1.00 (Referent)
 <10,000 163 7 1.40 (0.49 to 3.73) 170 0 169 1 3.27 (0.09 to 160.46)
 10,000+ 79 37 2.41 (1.50 to 3.90) 101 15 2.61 (1.22 to 5.60) 111 5 10.29 (1.66 to 197.12)
 p-trend 0.0001 0.01 0.004
Cumulative mSv
 Unexposed 232 33 1.00 (Referent) 253 12 1.00 (Referent) 264 1 1.00 (Referent)
 <25 145 6 1.36 (0.46 to 3.56) 151 0 150 1 5.07 (0.14 to 201.23)
 25+ 97 38 2.42 (1.50 to 3.92) 120 15 2.57 (1.18 to 5.56) 130 5 9.88 (1.57 to 190.78)
 p-trend 0.0005 0.02 0.009
Cumulative mSv up to age of 40 years
 Unexposed 232 33 1.00 (Referent) 253 12 1.00 (Referent) 264 1 1.00 (Referent)
 <5 120 5 1.53 (0.47 to 4.20) 125 0 125 0
 5+ 122 39 2.37 (1.47 to 3.85) 146 15 2.47 (1.13 to 5.41) 155 6 10.34 (1.23 to 86.61)
 p-trend 0.003 0.06 0.005

Abbreviations: MilliSievert (mSv), relative risk (RR), confidence interval (CI)