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. 2022 Nov 9;6(6):e231. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000231

Table 11.

Selected results including all five VOCs together in the model, concentrations evaluated from addresses at time of interview for incident prostate cancer, Montreal, 2005 to 2012.

Benzene n-Decane Ethylbenzene Hexane TMB
Model 1 – age-adjusted + all VOCs
VOC—change from 5% to 25% percentile 1.80 (1.29, 2.52) 0.95 (0.71, 1.25) 1.49 (0.95, 2.36) 1.04 (0.85, 1.28) 1.13 (0.81, 1.57)
VOC—change from 25% to 75% percentile 1.52 (1.20, 1.93) 0.91 (0.73, 1.15) 1.15 (0.84, 1.57) 0.94 (0.80, 1.11) 0.94 (0.70, 1.26)
VOC—change from 75% to 95% percentile 1.02 (0.88, 1.17) 0.95 (0.78, 1.15) 0.87 (0.69, 1.12) 0.91 (0.77, 1.07) 1.08 (0.82, 1.42)
Model 2a + all VOCs
VOC—change from 5% to 25% percentile 1.81 (1.29, 2.55) 0.94 (0.70, 1.25) 1.47 (0.92, 2.35) 1.02 (0.82, 1.25) 1.11 (0.79, 1.56)
VOC—change from 25% to 75% percentile 1.56 (1.22, 2.00) 0.92 (0.73, 1.17) 1.12 (0.81, 1.54) 0.96 (0.81, 1.14) 0.96 (0.71, 1.31)
VOC—change from 75% to 95% percentile 1.02 (0.88, 1.18) 0.99 (0.81, 1.21) 0.85 (0.66, 1.09) 0.94 (0.80, 1.11) 1.14 (0.86, 1.51)
Model 7b + all VOCs
VOC—change from 5% to 25% percentile 1.77 (1.25, 2.52) 0.94 (0.70, 1.26) 1.29 (0.79, 2.11) 1.05 (0.85, 1.29) 1.04 (0.74, 1.47)
VOC—change from 25% to 75% percentile 1.47 (1.14, 1.91) 0.93 (0.73, 1.20) 1.06 (0.76, 1.48) 0.92 (0.76, 1.10) 0.87 (0.62, 1.21)
VOC—change from 75% to 95% percentile 0.96 (0.82, 1.13) 1.08 (0.88, 1.32) 0.83 (0.64, 1.06) 0.90 (0.75, 1.07) 1.00 (0.74, 1.35)

aAdjusted for age, ancestry, first-degree relative with history of prostate cancer, income, marital status, BMI continuous, cigarette pack-years lifetime continuous, drink-years lifetime continuous, frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption and diabetes.

bMean VOC model adjusted for age, first-degree relative with history of prostate cancer, NDVI, % not complete high school, median household income, % low income and % recent immigrants.