Table 4.

Excess relative rates * (ERR) of death from non-cancer diseases per unit (in Gray or Sievert) of 10-year lagged cumulative dose absorbed to target tissues (in Gy or Sv) in males only, SELTINE cohort, period 1968–2014.

Cause of Death	Target Tissue	Observed Deaths	ERR/Gy or ERR/Sv	95% CI	p-Value
Non-cancer diseases (all)	Hp(10)	8577	0.02	−0.49; 0.57	0.95
Diabetes mellitus	Hp(10)	169	−0.91	ne; 2.62	0.54
Mental and behavioural disorders	Brain	235	2.74	−1.95; 10.33	0.32
Diseases of the nervous system	Brain	531	3.47	−0.48; 8.56	0.09
Dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, motoneuron disease	Brain	469	4.99	0.74; 10.52	0.02
Dementia, Alzheimer’s disease	Brain	269	9.62	3.05; 18.68	<0.01
Parkinson’s disease	Brain	124	−1.30	ne; 7.44	0.71
Circulatory diseases	Hp(10)	3261	0.09	−0.72; 1.03	0.83
Ischemic diseases	Hp(10)	1258	−0.23	ne; 1.38	0.76
Cerebrovascular diseases	Hp(10)	684	1.41	ne; 4.05	0.19
Hypertensive diseases	Hp(10)	120	2.31	ne; 9.98	0.37
Respiratory diseases	Lung	558	0.22	ne; 3.71	0.88
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases	Lung	164	0.15	ne; 7.52	0.96
Digestive diseases	Colon	583	0.96	−1.72; 4.58	0.53
Cirrhosis	Liver	166	3.72	ne; 13.64	0.29

* estimated from a linear model of cumulative penetrating photon dose lagged by 10 years, adjusted on calendar year, age, sex, company, duration of employment, and socioeconomic status; CI: likelihood-based confidence interval; ne: not estimated.