Table 2

Effects of occupational, hobby, and lifestyle exposures, assessed for each subject individually, 20 years or less before diagnosis on the risk for Ph+ CML

Exposure/intensity		Cases (n)			Controls (n)		OR		95% CI
Exposure/intensity		Exposed	Unexposed		Uncertain	Exposed	OR		95% CI	Unexposed	Uncertain
Organic solvents	55	146	25	51	175	25	1.4	0.85 to 2.3
Hobby/low	43			44			1.2	0.70 to 2.1
Moderate/high	12			7			3.4	1.1 to 11
Gasoline or diesel fuel	35	185	6	41	206	4	1.0	0.59 to 1.7
Gasoline or diesel exhaust gases	39	181	6	43	193	15	1.1	0.64 to 1.9
Benzene	24	190	12	23	215	13	1.2	0.66 to 2.3
Pesticides	22	197	7	31	204	16	0.75	0.42 to 1.3
Cattle or poultry	21	204	1	38	212	1	0.63	0.35 to 1.1
Fresh meat	23	198	5	44	204	3	0.55	0.31 to 1.0
Fresh wood	11	210	5	20	227	4	0.68	0.32 to 1.5
Extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields^2-150	55	151	20	49	182	20	1.7	1.0 to 2.8
Low	25			22			2.0	1.0 to 4.1
Moderate	22			16			1.6	0.77 to 3.4
High	8			11			1.2	0.44 to 3.1
Tobacco smoking	81	131	14	101	144	6	0.81	0.53 to 1.2
Regular personal use of hair dye	25	195	6	51	193	7	0.35	0.18 to 0.68

↵2-150 Only occupational exposure was assessed.