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. 2022 Jun 18;21:60. doi: 10.1186/s12940-022-00869-5

Table 3.

Number of cases and controls, odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) by exposure (ever vs never) and cumulative exposure from SYN-JEM, unlagged and at lag 10, 20 and 30 years, men and women – the MISEM study, 2012–2015, Italy

Lag 0 Lag 10 Lag 20 Lag 30
SYN-JEM exposure Cases Ctrls ORa CI ORa CI ORa CI ORa CI
Ever/never
 Unexposed 278 446 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Exposed 333 262 2.22 (1.70–2.91) 2.21 (1.69–2.90) 2.29 (1.74–3.00) 2.15 (1.64–2.82)
 P-Wald test gender interaction 0.27 0.28 0.28 0.59
 AIC 1597.49 1595.26 1591.05 1609.33
Below/above median cumulative exposure (in f/mL-y)
 Unexposed 278 446 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
  < 0.86 120 131 1.71 (1.21–2.42) 1.71 (1.21–2.42) 1.84 (1.30–2.59) 1.74 (1.24–2.46)
  ≥ 0.86 213 131 2.66 (1.95–3.64) 2.65 (1.94–3.61) 2.68 (1.96–3.66) 2.52 (1.84–3.45)
 P-trend  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001
 P-Wald test gender interaction 0.46 0.48 0.47 0.76
 AIC 1593.89 1591.87 1589.08 1607.56
Tertiles of cumulative exposure (in f/mL-y)
 Unexposed 278 446 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
  < 0.34 64 87 1.35 (0.88–2.05) 1.34 (0.88–2.04) 1.45 (0.96–2.21) 1.21 (0.79–1.85)
 0.34–1.62 118 87 2.52 (1.75–3.62) 2.53 (1.76–3.64) 2.59 (1.80–3.73) 2.48 (1.72–3.57)
  > 1.62 151 88 2.65 (1.85–3.77) 2.62 (1.84–3.72) 2.69 (1.88–3.83) 2.64 (1.85–3.77)
 P-trend  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001
 P-Wald test gender interaction 0.39 0.36 0.30 0.58
 AIC 1591.96 1589.78 1587.16 1601.36
Cumulative exposure, continuos
 Unexposed 278 446 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Unit exposure: 1 f/mL-y 333 262 1.28 (1.16–1.42) 1.28 (1.16–1.41) 1.28 (1.16–1.42) 1.31 (1.18–1.46)
 AIC 1603.43 1601.83 1600.27 1612.64
Log-cumulative exposure, continuos
 Unexposed 278 446 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Unit exposure: 1 log(f/mL-y + 1) 333 262 2.06 (1.62–2.61) 2.05 (1.61–2.60) 2.06 (1.62–2.61) 2.12 (1.65–2.72)
 AIC 1594.23 1592.57 1590.98 1603.91

AIC Akaike information criterion

aOR adjusted by centre, gender, age and type of interview