Animal or public exposure; odds ratios (95% CIs) for association with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, multiple myeloma, and leukaemia*
| Controls (n = 896480) | Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (n = 71600) | Hodgkin’s disease (n = 5366) | Multiple myeloma (n = 35340) | Leukaemia (n = 67570) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | |
| *Odds ratios adjusted for age, sex, race, geographic region of occurrence, and socioeconomic status. | |||||||||
| Exposure to animals | 4.4 | 3.9 | 1.24 (1.18–1.30) | 3.1 | 1.21 (1.02–1.44) | 4.7 | 1.24 (1.17–1.32) | 4.9 | 1.33 (1.27–1.39) |
| Exposure to the public | 13.6 | 16.1 | 1.08 (1.06–1.11) | 16.1 | 1.06 (0.97–1.14) | 15.2 | 1.06 (1.03–1.10) | 15.3 | 1.04 (1.02–1.07) |