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Odds Ratio and 95% confidence interval of invasive breast cancer by age bands and dioxin exposure categories |
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| Dioxin exposure |
Cases |
Controls |
OR* (95% CI†) |
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| Women aged 20–59 years |
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| Very low |
41 |
225 |
1.0 |
| Low |
81 |
414 |
1.06 (0.72–1.56) |
| Intermediate |
64 |
279 |
1.25 (0.82–1.89) |
| High |
11 |
67 |
0.88 (0.43–1.79) |
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| Women aged 60 years and over |
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| Very low |
50 |
228 |
1.0 |
| Low |
111 |
558 |
0.90 (0.63–1.29) |
| Intermediate |
72 |
339 |
0.96 (0.66–1.41) |
| High |
4 |
60 |
0.31 (0.08–0.89) |
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* odds ratio † confidence interval | |||
Viel et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2008 7:4 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-7-4 |
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