RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Relationship between cumulative exposure to 1,2-dichloropropane and incidence risk of cholangiocarcinoma among offset printing workers
JF Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JO Occup Environ Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 545
OP 552
DO 10.1136/oemed-2015-103427
VO 73
IS 8
A1 Kumagai, Shinji
A1 Sobue, Tomotaka
A1 Makiuchi, Takeshi
A1 Kubo, Shoji
A1 Uehara, Shinichiro
A1 Hayashi, Tomoshige
A1 Sato, Kyoko Kogawa
A1 Endo, Ginji
YR 2016
UL http://oem.bmj.com/content/73/8/545.abstract
AB Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between cumulative exposure to 1,2-dichloropropane (1,2-DCP) and incidence risk of cholangiocarcinoma among workers in the offset proof-printing section of a small printing company in Osaka, Japan.Methods We identified 95 workers of a printing company (78 men and 17 women) who had been exposed to 1,2-DCP between 1987 and 2006, and calculated the standardised incidence ratio (SIR) of cholangiocarcinoma from 1987 to 2012. We estimated cumulative exposure to 1,2-DCP and calculated SIRs in four exposure categories. We also calculated incidence rate ratios (RRs) adjusted by sex, age, calendar year and dichloromethane (DCM) exposure for three exposure categories using Poisson regression analysis.Results Cumulative exposures to 1,2-DCP ranged from 32 to 3433 ppm-years (mean, 851 ppm-years) and the SIR was 1171 (95% CI 682 to 1875). In the analysis of the four exposure categories, SIRs increased significantly in the three highest exposure categories, but not in the lowest category. Adjusted RRs in the middle and high exposure categories were 14.9 (95% CI 4.1 to 54.3) and 17.1 (95% CI 3.8 to 76.2), respectively, in the analysis without lag time, and were 11.4 (95% CI 3.3 to 39.6) and 32.4 (95% CI 6.4 to 163.9), respectively, in the analysis with a 5-year lag. The trend analysis revealed a significant increase in RR in association with increasing cumulative exposure to 1,2-DCP. DCM exposure was not significantly associated with the development of cholangiocarcinoma.Conclusions The present study demonstrated an exposure–response relationship between exposure to 1,2-DCP and the development of cholangiocarcinoma.