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Characterization of study participants stratified by NHL case- control status: demographics and selected medical history |
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| NHL (N = 513) |
Controls (N = 1506) |
ORbadj [P1](95% CI) |
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| Demographics |
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| Mean age ± SD (years) |
57.7 ± 14.0 |
54.1 ± 16.0 |
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| Education Levela |
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| University and Vocational |
28 (6.6) |
96 (5.5) |
1.23 (0.81, 1.88) |
| University |
94 (18.5) |
310 (20.8) |
1.08 (0.68, 1.70) |
| Vocational |
111 (21.9) |
358 (24.1) |
1.06 (0.67, 1.70) |
| Elementary/High school |
274 (54.0) |
723 (48.6) |
1.00 |
| Ever lived/worked on a farm |
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| Yes n (%) |
235 (45.8) |
673 (44.7) |
1.02 (0.82, 1.27) |
| No n (%) |
278 (54.2) |
833 (55.3) |
1.00 |
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| Medical History |
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| Previous diagnosis of Cancer |
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| Yes n (%) |
74 (14.4) |
87 (5.8) |
2.56 (1.81, 3.62)c |
| No n (%) |
439 (85.6) |
1419 (94.2) |
1.00 |
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a 25 missing b Adjusted for age (5 year groups) and province c Statistically significant results are bold. | |||
Karunanayake et al. Environmental Health 2008 7:44 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-7-44 |
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