Table 3

Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for stomach and oesophageal cancer for ever-use of pesticides classes among adult farmers

	Controls	Stomach cancer			Oesophageal cancer
	Controls	Cases	OR*	95% CI	Cases	OR*	95% CI
*Odds ratio adjusted for age and gender.
†Reference category: non-farmers.
Non-farmers	184	59	1.0	Ref†	62	1.0	Ref†
Insecticides	129	49	0.9	0.6 to 1.4	29	0.7	0.4 to 1.1
Farmers, no use	65	28	0.8	0.5 to 1.4	17	0.8	0.4 to 1.6
Carbamate	61	16	0.7	0.4 to 1.3	16	0.8	0.4 to 1.5
Organochlorine	83	29	0.8	0.5 to 1.4	20	0.7	0.4 to 1.3
Organophosphorus	70	22	0.9	0.5 to 1.5	16	0.6	0.3 to 1.2
Herbicides	111	40	0.9	0.5 to 1.4	29	0.7	0.4 to 1.2
Farmers, no use	83	32	0.7	0.4 to 1.3	17	0.6	0.3 to 1.2
Acetanilide	51	8	0.5	0.2 to 1.0	16	0.8	0.4 to 1.6
Benzoic acid	43	4	0.3	0.1 to 0.8	14	0.9	0.4 to 1.8
Dinitroaniline	26	7	0.8	0.3 to 2.1	6	0.7	0.3 to 1.8
Phenoxy	90	29	0.8	0.5 to 1.5	20	0.7	0.4 to 1.2
Triazine	61	19	0.8	0.5 to 1.5	15	0.6	0.3 to 1.2