The Upper Midwest Health Study: A Case-Control Study of Primary Intracranial Gliomas Among Rural Residents: Demographics

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• Personal Author:
  Butler MA ; Calvert, Geoffrey M. ; Carreon T ; Connally LB ; Davis-King KE ; Heineman EF ; Lu J ; Mandel JS ; Morton RF ; Reding DJ ; Rosenman, Kenneth D. ; Ruder, Avima M. ; Schulte, Paul A. ; Wall D ; Ward, Elizabeth M. ; Waters MA ; Zivkovich Z
• Description:
  Glioma etiology remains ambiguous, except for ionizing radiation risk. Several studies indicated farmers have excess brain cancer risk. The Upper Midwest Health Study examines intracranial glioma risk in non-urban populations in 4 states. This population-based case-control study includes histologically confirmed cases 18-80 at diagnosis frequency matched to controls selected from driver's license ages 18-64) or HCFA (ages 65-80) records. Over 90% of 873 eligible cases and over 70% of 1670 eligible controls participated. Interviews for 799 cases and 1176 controls collected farm, occupational, residential, and reproductive (women only) histories, as well as lifestyle, medical and family history data. Over 900 blood specimens and 550 post-operative tumor tissues were obtained. This is the largest case control glioma study to date focusing on non-urban populations. Participating and refusant controls differed significantly in farming and job experience, ethnicity, education, and lifestyle. Controls were significantly older than cases, spent a significantly greater part of their lives in non-urban counties and on farms; and were more likely to have exposure to insecticides and farm animals; analyses will adjust for or be stratified by age and residence. Our a priori decision to conduct analyses with and without proxy responses will adjust for the greater than 40% of case proxy interviews. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Agriculture Demography Epidemiology Farmers Insecticides Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-workers Demographic-characteristics Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Racial-factors Sex-factors
• ISSN:
  0002-9262
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Iowa ; Michigan ; Minnesota ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  157
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024110
• Citation:
  Am J Epidemiol 2003 Jun; 157(11):S14
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Epidemiology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bc5f7e0917cb5a5f6334f1f77f3f350202f955e50d2dcd246479d8364fe9562b39351ffc835d1d705676148b7939819ffc5177002616926ed63cd68467f87838
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196088/cdc_196088_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 304.57 KB ]