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FABLE 5.8(b) Case-control Studies of Urinary Bladder Cancer among Workers in the Printing Industry 12

No. of
exposed
Reference, cases/ Odds
country Type of controls Exposure Sex controls ratio 95% Ci Comments

18
Najem et al. USA Hospital-based, tobacco- Printing industry (a 1 year) M + F 7/5 2.7 0.8-9.6 Crude odds ratio
related heart diseases
and neoplasms
excluded
19
Cartwright United Hospital-based, non- Printers (exposed to M +F 18/NG 3.1 1.4-6.8 Adjusted for type of case
Kingdom malignant diseases ink-fly from high-speed presses) (incident or prevalent)
and sex
20 0.7-1.7 Crude odds ratio
Silverman et al. Population-based Printing industry (ever) M 50/45 1.1
USA Printers (ever) M 6/2 3.0 0.6-14.8
21 0.9 0.5-1.5 Adjusted for age,
Schoenberg et al. USA Population-based Printing workers (ever) M 20/38
Printing ink (self -reporting) M 42/53 1.6 1.0-2.5 smoking, and other
employments
22 P0.05 Against other cancers;
Baxter and McDowall Other cancers Printers (stated on death certifi- M 21/NG 1.5
United Kingdom All causes of death cates) 1.2 P0.05 matched on residence.
year of death, age
23 3.1 1.1-8.9 All controls Prostate cancer
Brownson et al. Population-based, other Printing machine M 7/8
non-smoking-related operators (longest-held job) M 7/6 2.3 0.8-7.2 excluded
25 26 37/77 0.8 0.5-1.2 Adjusted for smoking; fre-
Silverman et al. - Population-based Printer (ever) M (white)
USA F 1/10 0.2 <0.1-1.4 quency matching for age
and geographic
area
27 5.0 1.3-19.6 Crude odds ratio
Kunze et al. Hospital-based, non-neo- Printing industry (ever) M 11/3
France plastic diseases of the Printing worker (ever) M 7/3 3.0 0.7-13.8
lower urinary tract
28 0.9 0.5-1.5 Adjusted for age, hospital
Cordier et al, Hospital-based, neoplas- Printing and publishing industry M 26/28
France tic, respiratory and (ever) residence, smoking
urological conditions Printers M 14/9 1.5 0,6-3.5
excluded
Siemiatycki et al,~ , 9 Population and hospital- Printing and publishing industry M Adjusted for age, iamilv 1
Canada based, other cancers, < 10 years 2/NG 0,3 0.1-1.2 UK-omc, smoking, voftei
excluding lung and a: 1 0 years Photo- 11 /NG 1,9 0.9-3.9 tonsumptiou, elhnK.it>,
kidney sites graphic products 4/NG 3.0 0,9-10.1 respondent static
{substantial exposure)