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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2019 Jan;61(1):1–7. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001482

Table 3B:

Association between Uranium Mining Exposure and Vascular Diseases, N= 7,215; 1989–2016; MiDUS cohort. Covariates include measured hypertension.

Cardiovascular
Outcomes		 Uranium
Miners
N=3151
N (%)		 Non-Uranium
Miners
N =4064
N (%)		 Unadjusted
model
O.R.
(95% C.I.)		 Multivariable
model 1Note 1
O.R.
(95% C.I.)		 Multivariable
model 2Note 1
O.R.
(95% C.I.)
Self-reported Angina 655 (21.3%) 390 (10.2%) 2.40
(2.10, 2.75)		 1.68
(1.37, 2.06)		 1.57
(1.28, 1.93)
Self-reported Myocardial Infarction 378 (13.5%) 274 (7.2%) 2.02
(1.72, 2.38)		 1.42
(1.11, 1.82)		 1.33
(1.04, 1.71)
Self-reported Cerebrovascular Event 141 (5.9%) 113 (3.8%) 1.58
(1.23, 2.04)		 1.08
(0.78, 1.51)		 1.05
(0.75, 1.48)

Note 1: Multivariable analysis model 1 was adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, diabetes mellitus, BMI, measured hypertension, current smoking status, current snuff use status, current alcohol use status, and duration of total mining tenure. Model 2 additionally adjusted for absolute FEV1 as a covariate. The missing data for total mining tenure is included in order to keep sample size among analyses consistent.