Table 4
Adjusted4-150 conditional logistic regression ORs (95% CIs) for suicide relative to cumulative exposure to magnetic fields, for workers in different age groups
| Exposure level (percentile) | Age <35 | Age 35–49 | Age ⩾50 | ||||||||
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| Cases | Controls | OR (95% CI) | Cases | Controls | OR (95% CI) | Cases | Controls | OR (95% CI) | |||
| Recent exposure4-151: | |||||||||||
| 0 | 38 | 341 | 1.00 | 86 | 527 | 1.00 | 170 | 1485 | 1.00 | ||
| >0–49 | 39 | 431 | 2.12 (0.98 to 4.59) | 41 | 651 | 2.40 (1.04 to 5.55) | 46 | 574 | 0.67 (0.32 to 1.42) | ||
| ⩾50 | 39 | 398 | 2.39 (1.00 to 5.69) | 43 | 517 | 3.62 (1.41 to 9.29) | 34 | 424 | 0.72 (0.32 to 1.62) | ||
| Past 1–5 years4-152: | |||||||||||
| 0 | 24 | 210 | 1.00 | 73 | 457 | 1.00 | 125 | 1190 | 1.00 | ||
| >0–49 | 49 | 544 | 1.20 (0.63 to 2.27) | 48 | 674 | 1.48 (0.84 to 2.62) | 75 | 764 | 1.35 (0.86 to 2.11) | ||
| ⩾50 | 43 | 416 | 1.50 (0.72 to 3.10) | 49 | 564 | 2.19 (1.12 to 4.28) | 50 | 529 | 1.48 (0.88 to 2.49) | ||
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↵4-150 Adjusted for the effects of work (in work or out of work), social class, location in USA (east or west), exposure to solvents and sunlight.
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↵4-151 50 Percentile 0.07, 0.08, and 0.05 μT-years for age <35, 35–49, and ⩾50, respectively.
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↵4-152 50 Percentile 0.20, 0.21, and 0.22 μT-years for age <35, 35–49, and ⩾50, respectively.
