title: Nonoccupational exposure to agricultural work and risk of urinary bladder cancer among Egyptian women.
abstract: This study examined the associations between nonoccupational exposure to agricultural work, through husband or head of household (H/HH) occupation, and urinary bladder cancer risk among Egyptian women. A total of 1,167 women (388 bladder cases and 779 age- and residence-matched, population-based controls) from a multicenter case-control study were included in the analysis. Adjusted odds ratios (AORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using logistic regression. Among married women, those who reported H/HH to be an agricultural worker were at increased risk for bladder cancer as compared to those with H/HH in other occupations, AOR = 1.54, 95% CI [1.09, 2.18]; among unmarried women the risk was not increased, AOR = 0.77, 95% CI [0.45, 1.32]. Nonoccupational exposure to agricultural work, defined as living with an agricultural worker, increased the risk for bladder cancer among married Egyptian women.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Epidemiology and Public Health , University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore , Maryland , USA.
authors.forename: Sarah S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.affiliation: a Department of Epidemiology and Public Health , University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore , Maryland , USA.
authors.forename: Diane Marie
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: St George
authors.affiliation: b Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center , Washington , DC , USA.
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Loffredo
authors.affiliation: a Department of Epidemiology and Public Health , University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore , Maryland , USA.
authors.forename: Sania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004534:Egypt; D000067565:Farmers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D018454:Spouses; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Agricultural worker; Egypt; bladder cancer; nonoccupational exposure; women