Risk estimates for meningioma associated with exposure to selected organic solvents
| All | Men | Women | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agent | Cases | Controls | OR* | 95% CI | Cases | Controls | OR* | 95% CI | Cases | Controls | OR* | 95% CI |
| Never exposed | 1811 | 4849 | 1.00 | Reference | 441 | 1922 | 1.00 | Reference | 1370 | 2927 | 1.00 | Reference |
| Ever exposed | 95 | 349 | 1.07 | 0.83 to 1.39 | 66 | 287 | 1.05 | 0.77 to 1.43 | 29 | 62 | 1.16 | 0.73 to 1.85 |
| ALHC | 41 | 122 | 1.22 | 0.83 to 1.78 | 25 | 87 | 1.31 | 0.81 to 2.12 | 16 | 35 | 1.11 | 0.60 to 2.06 |
| ARHC | 74 | 314 | 0.96 | 0.72 to 1.27 | 54 | 270 | 0.89 | 0.64 to 1.24 | 20 | 44 | 1.14 | 0.66 to1.98 |
| BENZ | 13 | 60 | 0.63 | 0.34 to 1.18 | 7 | 36 | 0.70 | 0.30 to 1.64 | 6 | 24 | 0.60 | 0.24 to 1.50 |
| CHC | 1 | 12 | 0.27 | 0.03 to 2.10 | 1 | 7 | 0.68 | 0.08 to 5.93 | 0 | 5 | – | – |
| GASO | 5 | 21 | 0.73 | 0.26 to 2.01 | 1 | 9 | 0.58 | 0.07 to 4.97 | 4 | 12 | 0.79 | 0.25 to 2.51 |
| OSOL | 27 | 79 | 1.34 | 0.84 to 2.13 | 19 | 67 | 1.21 | 0.70 to 2.08 | 8 | 12 | 1.84 | 0.73 to 4.63 |
| TCE | 1 | 2 | 1.35 | 0.10 to 17.55 | 1 | 1 | 4.80 | 0.20 to 113.04 | 0 | 1 | – | – |
| TOLU | 36 | 114 | 1.16 | 0.78 to 1.73 | 23 | 89 | 1.09 | 0.66 to 1.78 | 13 | 25 | 1.35 | 0.68 to 2.69 |
*ORs for ever/never exposed (p>25% in JEM) with at least one year of exposure and a 5-year lag.
ALHC, aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons; ARHC, aromatic hydrocarbons; BENZ, benzene; CHC, chlorinated hydrocarbons; GASO, gasoline; OSOL, organic solvents; TCE, trichloroethane; TOLU, toluene.