Study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma mortality associated with industrial pollution in Spain, using Poisson models

Rebeca Ramis; Enrique Vidal; Javier García-Pérez; Virginia Lope; Nuria Aragonés; Beatriz Pérez-Gómez; Marina Pollán; Gonzalo López-Abente

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-26

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Relative risks and 95% confidence and credibility intervals for towns with installations lying within a radius of 2000, 1500 and 1000 metres from the municipal centroid.

From: Study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma mortality associated with industrial pollution in Spain, using Poisson models

		Poisson			Mixed			BYM
Radius	Industrial Sector	RR	Lower limit	Upper limit	RR	Lower limit	Upper limit	RR	2.50%	97.50%
	Combustion installations > 50 MW	1.06	0.94	1.19	1.08	0.95	1.24	1.10	0.93	1.29
	Metal industry and metal ore roasting or sintering installations, Installations for the production of ferrous and non-ferrous metals	0.92	0.85	1.00	0.96	0.87	1.06	0.97	0.85	1.10
	Installations for the production of cement clinker (>500 t/d), lime (>50 t/d), glass (>20 t/d), mineral substances (>20 t/d) or ceramic products (>75 t/d)	0.90	0.81	1.01	0.96	0.86	1.08	0.96	0.84	1.10
	Basic organic chemicals	1.01	0.87	1.17	1.02	0.88	1.20	1.08	0.89	1.30
2000 m	Installations for the disposal of non-hazardous waste (>50 t/d) and landfills (>10 t/d)	0.89	0.71	1.11	0.96	0.76	1.21	0.92	0.70	1.19
	Industrial plants for pulp from timber or other fibrous materials and paper or board production (>20 t/d)	1.16	1.06	1.27	1.24	1.09	1.42	1.21	1.01	1.45
	Slaughterhouses (>50 t/d), plants for the production of milk (>200 t/d), other animal raw materials (>75 t/d) or vegetable raw materials (>300 t/d)	0.91	0.75	1.10	0.99	0.81	1.21	0.99	0.77	1.27
	Installations for surface treatment or products using organic solvents (>200 t/y)	0.95	0.83	1.10	1.10	0.93	1.31	1.14	0.91	1.43
	Combustion installations > 50 MW	1.11	0.93	1.33	1.09	0.91	1.31	1.07	0.84	1.35
1500 m	Metal industry and metal ore roasting or sintering installations, Installations for the production of ferrous and non-ferrous metals	0.92	0.81	1.05	0.93	0.81	1.06	0.96	0.82	1.12
	Installations for the production of cement clinker (>500 t/d), lime (>50 t/d), glass (>20 t/d), mineral substances (>20 t/d) or ceramic products (>75 t/d)	0.83	0.71	0.98	0.87	0.74	1.03	0.89	0.73	1.07
1000 m	Metal industry and metal ore roasting or sintering installations, Installations for the production of ferrous and non-ferrous metals	0.92	0.78	1.08	0.89	0.75	1.05	0.91	0.74	1.10
	Installations for the production of cement clinker (>500 t/d), lime (>50 t/d), glass (>20 t/d), mineral substances (>20 t/d) or ceramic products (>75 t/d)	0.97	0.77	1.23	1.00	0.79	1.26	1.03	0.79	1.33

Estimates adjusted for age, sex and socio-demographic variables.

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