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ON-DECK Study Results Silica Asbestos Exposure Analyses Kidney Cancer
1. The ON-DECK Study:
Results from Crystalline Silica and Asbestos
Exposure Analyses
CE Peters, M-É Parent, SA Harris, L Latifovic, L Kachuri,
L Bogaert, Canadian Cancer Registries Group, PJ Villeneuve
5. Methods
Exposure assessment
• Occupational hygienists coded jobs for intensity, frequency, duration, and
assigned a reliability index
• We used a few metrics of exposure: ever-exposed, total duration, highest
attained intensity, and tertiles of cumulative exposure (intensity x frequency x
duration)
Statistical analysis
• Unconditional logistic regression to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95%
confidence intervals
• Final models adjusted for age, province, BMI, secondhand tobacco smoke
exposure at work
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9. Crystalline silica exposure and kidney cancer
9Adjusted for province, age, BMI, and secondhand smoke exposure at work
•Overall, our findings do not support the hypothesis that
occupational exposure to crystalline silica increases the risk of
kidney cancer in men
•A total of 17% (cases: 17.6%; controls: 17.1%) had 10+ years of
silica exposure
•Less than 1% (all controls) were ever exposed to high
concentrations of silica
•Workers ever exposed to silica did not have a significantly elevated
risk of kidney cancer (OR 1.04, 95%CI 0.85-1.26) nor did workers
with long-term (20+yrs) low exposure (OR 1.28, 95%CI 0.96-1.69)
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Cases Controls
Cumulative silica exposure among kidney cancer cases
and controls exposed to silica at work
Risk of cancer among males with cumulative lifetime
occupational exposure to silica
Cases Controls OR (95%CI)
Unexposed 68% 70% -
Low (0.1-12.9) 12% 11% 1.10 (0.83-1.45)
Medium (13-36) 9% 8% 0.95 (0.69-1.31)
High (36.1+) 11% 11% 1.05 (0.78-1.41)
C = intensity of asbestos exposure (1=low, 2=medium, 3=high), F= frequency of exposure (1= <5%, 2= 6% - <30%, 3= ≥30%),
and D= duration of employment in years.
13. Discussion
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• Adds to literature:
• Large sample size
• Detailed exposure assessment
• Detailed confounder and risk factor information
• Found increasing BMI associated with
increased risk of kidney cancer
• History of cigarette smoking not related to
increased risk of kidney cancer in this group,
but secondhand exposure to cigarette smoke
at work is associated with increased odds
14. Summary
• Workers with exposure to silica not at increased risk of kidney
cancer
• Workers with ever exposure to asbestos had higher odds of
kidney cancer; low exposure seems to increase odds of kidney
cancer
• There appeared to be increasing odds with increasing highest
attained concentration for asbestos but not significant
• No other clear relationships were detected for cumulative
exposure of either silica or asbestos
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