title: Carpenters, cabinetmakers, and risk of testicular germ cell cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A recent cohort study showed an increased risk of testicular cancer among members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. We explored our data of a German population-based case-control study on the etiology of testicular cancer with regard to this association.
  
  
  METHODS
  The case-control study included 269 testicular cancer cases and 797 controls. We applied conditional logistic regression to calculate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs).
  
  
  RESULTS
  People who worked as cabinetmakers or carpenters had an OR of 0.84 (95% CI = 0.45-1.56). Risks were increased among cabinetmakers who worked at least 15 years ago (OR = 5.81, 95% CI = 1.20-28.09). Ever being employed as a carpenter was associated with a reduced OR of 0.59 (95% CI = 0.24-1.46).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cabinetmakers may be at an increased risk of testicular cancer.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biometry and Informatics, University Hospital of Halle, Magdeburgerstrasse 27, 06097 Halle, Germany. andreas.stang@medizin.uni-halle.de
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stang
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ahrens
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baumgardt-Elms
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bromen
authors.forename: Christa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stegmaier
authors.forename: Karl-Heinz
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jöckel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D014934:Wood