Abstract
A few epidemiologic studies have suggested that blood transfusion may be a risk factor for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The authors tested this hypothesis in a population-based, case-control study, using pathologically verified non- Hodgkin's lymphoma cases and transfusion documented via medical records. In 221 age- and sex-matched case-control pairs from Olmsted County, Minnesota, in 1975-1993, the authors observed an odds ratio of 0.84 (95% confidence interval 0.50-1.41) for history of transfusion and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. There also was no apparent association between transfusion and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in any subgroup analysis. Results do not support the hypothesis that blood transfusion contributes to the occurrence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1113-1118 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | American journal of epidemiology |
| Volume | 149 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 15 1999 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was funded by grants AR30582 R01CA38742 from the National Institutes of Health.
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Keywords
- Blood transfusion
- Case-control studies
- Lymphoma
- Non-Hodgkin's
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