TY - JOUR
T1 - Home pesticide exposures and risk of childhood leukemia
T2 - Findings from the childhood leukemia international consortium
AU - Bailey, Helen D.
AU - Infante-Rivard, Claire
AU - Metayer, Catherine
AU - Clavel, Jacqueline
AU - Lightfoot, Tracy
AU - Kaatsch, Peter
AU - Roman, Eve
AU - Magnani, Corrado
AU - Spector, Logan G.
AU - Th. Petridou, Eleni
AU - Milne, Elizabeth
AU - Dockerty, John D.
AU - Miligi, Lucia
AU - Armstrong, Bruce K.
AU - Rudant, Jérémie
AU - Fritschi, Lin
AU - Simpson, Jill
AU - Zhang, Luoping
AU - Rondelli, Roberto
AU - Baka, Margarita
AU - Orsi, Laurent
AU - Moschovi, Maria
AU - Kang, Alice Y.
AU - Schüz, Joachim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 UICC.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - Some previous studies have suggested that home pesticide exposure before birth and during a child's early years may increase the risk of childhood leukemia. To further investigate this, we pooled individual level data from 12 case-control studies in the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium. Exposure data were harmonized into compatible formats. Pooled analyses were undertaken using multivariable unconditional logistic regression. The odds ratio (ORs) for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) associated with any pesticide exposure shortly before conception, during pregnancy and after birth were 1.39 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.25, 1.55) (using 2,785 cases and 3,635 controls), 1.43 (95% CI: 1.32, 1.54) (5,055 cases and 7,370 controls) and 1.36 (95% CI: 1.23, 1.51) (4,162 cases and 5,179 controls), respectively. Corresponding ORs for risk of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) were 1.49 (95% CI: 1.02, 2.16) (173 cases and 1,789 controls), 1.55 (95% CI: 1.21, 1.99) (344 cases and 4,666 controls) and 1.08 (95% CI: 0.76, 1.53) (198 cases and 2,655 controls), respectively. There was little difference by type of pesticide used. The relative similarity in ORs between leukemia types, time periods and pesticide types may be explained by similar exposure patterns and effects across the time periods in ALL and AML, participants' exposure to multiple pesticides, or recall bias. Although some recall bias is likely, until a better study design can be found to investigate the associations between home pesticide use and childhood leukemia in an equally large sample, it would appear prudent to limit the use of home pesticides before and during pregnancy, and during childhood. What's new? Some studies have suggested that early pesticide exposure may increase the risk of childhood leukemia. In this investigation, the authors pooled individual level data from twelve previous case-control studies to further examine this question. They found an association between home pesticide exposure before birth and during a child's early years and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and with exposure before birth and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). These results indicate that it would be prudent for parents to limit the use of home pesticides before and after a child's birth.
AB - Some previous studies have suggested that home pesticide exposure before birth and during a child's early years may increase the risk of childhood leukemia. To further investigate this, we pooled individual level data from 12 case-control studies in the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium. Exposure data were harmonized into compatible formats. Pooled analyses were undertaken using multivariable unconditional logistic regression. The odds ratio (ORs) for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) associated with any pesticide exposure shortly before conception, during pregnancy and after birth were 1.39 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.25, 1.55) (using 2,785 cases and 3,635 controls), 1.43 (95% CI: 1.32, 1.54) (5,055 cases and 7,370 controls) and 1.36 (95% CI: 1.23, 1.51) (4,162 cases and 5,179 controls), respectively. Corresponding ORs for risk of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) were 1.49 (95% CI: 1.02, 2.16) (173 cases and 1,789 controls), 1.55 (95% CI: 1.21, 1.99) (344 cases and 4,666 controls) and 1.08 (95% CI: 0.76, 1.53) (198 cases and 2,655 controls), respectively. There was little difference by type of pesticide used. The relative similarity in ORs between leukemia types, time periods and pesticide types may be explained by similar exposure patterns and effects across the time periods in ALL and AML, participants' exposure to multiple pesticides, or recall bias. Although some recall bias is likely, until a better study design can be found to investigate the associations between home pesticide use and childhood leukemia in an equally large sample, it would appear prudent to limit the use of home pesticides before and during pregnancy, and during childhood. What's new? Some studies have suggested that early pesticide exposure may increase the risk of childhood leukemia. In this investigation, the authors pooled individual level data from twelve previous case-control studies to further examine this question. They found an association between home pesticide exposure before birth and during a child's early years and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and with exposure before birth and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). These results indicate that it would be prudent for parents to limit the use of home pesticides before and after a child's birth.
KW - acute lymphoblastic leukemia acute myeloid leukemia
KW - case-control study
KW - childhood
KW - pesticide
KW - pooled analysis
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U2 - 10.1002/ijc.29631
DO - 10.1002/ijc.29631
M3 - Article
C2 - 26061779
AN - SCOPUS:84941731171
SN - 0020-7136
VL - 137
SP - 2644
EP - 2663
JO - International Journal of Cancer
JF - International Journal of Cancer
IS - 11
ER -
