Table 4 Occupational pesticide use by non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) and lymphoproliferative syndrome (LPS) subtype
NHLLPS
Diffuse large cell lymphoma (n = 107)Follicular lymphoma (n = 50)Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (n = 77)Hairy-cell leukaemia (n = 27)
Ca/CoOR (95% CI)Ca/CoOR (95% CI)Ca/CoOR (95% CI)Ca/CoOR (95% CI)
Pesticides16/471.7 (0.9 to 3.4)6/471.3 (0.5 to 3.5)10/390.9 (0.4 to 2.0)5/393.0 (0.9 to 10.2)
Insecticides13/371.8 (0.9 to 3.7)6/371.7 (0.6 to 4.5)7/300.8 (0.3 to 2.1)4/302.8 (0.8 to 10.1)
Organochlorine7/172.0 (0.8 to 5.2)4/172.5 (0.7 to 8.3)5/151.2 (0.4 to 3.7)3/154.9 (1.1 to 21.2)
Organophosphate8/241.5 (0.6 to 3.7)6/242.7 (1.0 to 7.7)4/200.7 (0.2 to 2.4)1/200.9 (0.1 to 7.6)
Pyrethrin3/170.8 (0.2 to 3.0)4/173.0 (0.9 to 10.4)0/141/141.1 (0.1 to 10.4)
Fungicides12/351.7 (0.8 to 3.5)6/351.9 (0.7 to 5.3)7/340.7 (0.3 to 1.8)4/342.7 (0.7 to 9.6)
Carbamate5/171.3 (0.5 to 3.7)5/173.5 (1.1 to 10.7)1/160.2 (0.0 to 1.9)3/163.7 (0.9 to 15.6)
Imide2/101.0 (0.2 to 4.8)1/100.8 (0.1 to 6.8)0/102/103.5 (0.6 to 19.6)
Triazole3/91.8 (0.5 to 7.1)3/94.1 (1.0 to 17.7)0/91/91.4 (0.2 to 12.9)
Herbicides12/421.5 (0.7 to 3.0)5/421.2 (0.4 to 3.4)5/340.5 (0.2 to 1.3)4/342.4 (0.7 to 8.6)
Phenoline7/172.3 (0.9 to 6.1)3/171.9 (0.5 to 7.3)2/150.3 (0.1 to 1.6)3/153.7 (0.9 to 16.1)
Phenoxy5/251.0 (0.4 to 2.8)2/250.8 (0.2 to 3.6)3/200.4 (0.1 to 1.7)4/204.1 (1.1 to 15.5)
Picoline3/101.3 (0.3 to 5.0)1/101.1 (0.1 to 9.7)0/80/8
Triazine8/202.1 (0.8 to 5.0)4/202.3 (0.7 to 7.7)4/170.9 (0.3 to 3.0)4/175.1 (1.4 to 19.3)
Amide1/120.4 (0.0 to 3.0)2/121.8 (0.4 to 9.3)0/82/83.8 (0.6 to 23.0)
Urea3/72.7 (0.6 to 11.5)2/74.7 (0.8 to 28.6)2/70.9 (0.2 to 4.8)2/75.7 (0.9 to 34.6)
Glyphosate5/241.0 (0.3 to 2.7)3/241.4 (0.4 to 5.2)2/180.4 (0.1 to 1.8)2/181.8 (0.3 to 9.3)
  • ORs (95% CI) were estimated by polytomous logistic regression including the stratification variables, age, centre and socioeconomic category (white collar/blue collar).

  • Ca, number of cases; Co, number of controls; OR, odds ratio.