TABLE 4–2.
Associations between Atomic Bomb Radiation Dose and Medical Radiation Exposures, Adjusting for Self-Reported History of Cancer and other Chronic Diseases
| DS02 weighted absorbed colon dose |
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| <0.005 Gy |
0.005 to <0.1 Gy |
0.1 to <1.0 Gy |
≥1.0 Gy |
Linear trend |
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| Reference | ORa | 95% CI | ORa | 95% CI | ORa | 95% CI | ORa | 95% CI | ||
| Total CT | (ever) | 1 | 0.93 | (0.84 to 1.03) | 0.89 | (0.79 to 1.01) | 1.27 | (0.88 to 1.83) | 1.03 | (0.86 to 1.23) |
| Head CT | (ever) | 1 | 0.98b | (0.89 to 1.07) | 0.92b | (0.82 to 1.02) | 1.12b | (0.83 to 1.52) | 0.95b | (0.81 to 1.12) |
| Chest CT | (ever) | 1 | 0.93 | (0.85 to 1.01) | 0.93 | (0.83 to 1.04) | 1.12 | (0.83 to 1.50) | 1.03 | (0.89 to 1.21) |
| Abdominal CT | (ever) | 1 | 1.04 | (0.95 to 1.14) | 1.01 | (0.90 to 1.13) | 1.39 | (1.04 to 1.87) | 1.15 | (0.98 to 1.34) |
| Total fluoroscopy | (ever) | 1 | 0.96 | (0.86 to 1.07) | 0.99 | (0.87 to 1.13) | 0.97 | (0.71 to 1.32) | 1.03 | (0.87 to 1.22) |
| UGI fluoroscopy | (ever) | 1 | 0.98 | (0.88 to 1.08) | 1.02 | (0.90 to 1.15) | 0.97 | (0.72 to 1.30) | 1.04 | (0.88 to 1.21) |
| LGI fluoroscopy | (ever) | 1 | 0.98 | (0.89 to 1.07) | 1.02 | (0.91 to 1.14) | 1.32 | (0.99 to 1.75) | 1.13 | (0.97 to 1.31) |
| Total angiography | (ever) | 1 | 0.92 | (0.83 to 1.03) | 1.04 | (0.91 to 1.19) | 1.61 | (1.17 to 2.22) | 1.30 | (1.09 to 1.54) |
| Cerebral angiography | (ever) | 1 | 0.94b | (0.80 to 1.10) | 1.06b | (0.87 to 1.29) | 1.54b | (0.98 to 2.40) | 1.28b | (1.01 to 1.62) |
| Coronary angiography | (ever) | 1 | 0.95c | (0.82 to 1.11) | 1.05c | (0.87 to 1.26) | 1.23c | (0.78 to 1.95) | 1.16c | (0.91 to 1.48) |
| Hepatic angiography | (ever) | 1 | 0.89d | (0.69 to 1.13) | 1.03d | (0.76 to 1.39) | 1.15d | (0.55 to 2.41) | 1.15d | (0.78 to 1.69) |
| Radiotherapy | (ever) | 1 | 1.07 | (0.90 to 1.27) | 0.91 | (0.74 to 1.13) | 1.41 | (0.89 to 2.24) | 1.14 | (0.89 to 1.47) |
a
Adjusted for city, sex, age at the time of the bombings, AHS membership and history of cancer.
b
Additionally adjusted for history of stroke.
c
Additionally adjusted for history of heart diseases.
d
Additionally adjusted for history of chronic hepatitis.
OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.