Table 8

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma standardised coefficients (SCs)10-150 obtained from the conditional logistic model containing terms for duration of employment, time (%) spent above magnetic field threshold and arithmetic mean field exposure

Exposure index10-151Lower bound of magnetic field threshold
0.2 μT0.8 μT3.1 μT12.5 μT50 μT
SCp Value10-152SCp ValueSCp ValueSCp ValueSCp Value
Arithmetic mean (magnetic field)−0.600.550.160.87−1.030.30−0.170.860.500.61
Arithmetic mean (electric field)0.930.351.110.270.440.660.880.380.960.34
Duration of employment0.320.750.230.820.340.730.320.750.440.66
Time (%) spent above magnetic field threshold0.120.91−0.740.460.900.37−0.060.95−0.790.43
  • 10-150 SCs were obtained by dividing the regression coefficient by its SE and were adjusted by socioeconomic status and exposure to benzene and 2,4,5-T

  • 10-151 Exposure indices were modelled simultaneously.

  • 10-152 p Value based on the Wald χ2 test statistic.