Ben Daniel Spycher1, Judith Eva Lupatsch2, Anke Huss3, Johannes Rischewski4, Christina Schindera5, Adrian Spoerri6, Roel Vermeulen3, Claudia Elisabeth Kuehni7. 1. Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: ben.spycher@ispm.unibe.ch. 2. Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; INSERM U1153, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Sorbonne Paris Cité CRESS-EPICEA, University Paris-Descartes, Paris, France. 3. Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 4. Department of Oncology/Haematology, Children's Hospital, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland. 5. Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), Basel, Switzerland. 6. Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. 7. Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Children's University Hospital of Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Previous studies on occupational exposures in parents and cancer risks in their children support a link between solvents and paints with childhood leukaemia. Few studies have focused specifically on benzene. OBJECTIVES: To examine whether parental occupational exposure to benzene is associated with an increased cancer risk in a census-based cohort of children. METHODS: From a census-based cohort study in Switzerland, we included children aged <16years at national censuses (1990, 2000). We retrieved parental occupations reported at census and assessed exposure to benzene using a job exposure matrix. We identified incident cancer cases through record linkage with the Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry. We fitted Cox proportional-hazards models to assess associations between exposures and the following outcomes: any cancer, leukaemia, acute lymphoid leukaemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, central nervous system (CNS) tumours, and glioma. We adjusted models for a range of socio-economic, perinatal and environmental factors. RESULTS: Analyses of maternal (paternal) exposure were based on 9.0 (13.2)millionperson years at risk and included 1004 (1520) cases of cancer, of which 285 (438) had leukaemia, 186 (281) lymphoma, 227 (339) a CNS tumour. Maternal exposure was associated with an increased risk of childhood leukaemia (hazard ratio 1.73, 95% CI 1.12-2.67) and ALL (1.88, 1.16-3.04). We found little evidence of an association for other outcomes or for paternal exposure. Adjusting for potential confounders did not materially affect the results. CONCLUSIONS: This nationwide cohort study suggests an increased risk of leukaemia among children whose mothers were exposed to benzene at work.
BACKGROUND: Previous studies on occupational exposures in parents and cancer risks in their children support a link between solvents and paints with childhood leukaemia. Few studies have focused specifically on benzene. OBJECTIVES: To examine whether parental occupational exposure to benzene is associated with an increased cancer risk in a census-based cohort of children. METHODS: From a census-based cohort study in Switzerland, we included children aged <16years at national censuses (1990, 2000). We retrieved parental occupations reported at census and assessed exposure to benzene using a job exposure matrix. We identified incident cancer cases through record linkage with the Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry. We fitted Cox proportional-hazards models to assess associations between exposures and the following outcomes: any cancer, leukaemia, acute lymphoid leukaemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, central nervous system (CNS) tumours, and glioma. We adjusted models for a range of socio-economic, perinatal and environmental factors. RESULTS: Analyses of maternal (paternal) exposure were based on 9.0 (13.2)millionperson years at risk and included 1004 (1520) cases of cancer, of which 285 (438) had leukaemia, 186 (281) lymphoma, 227 (339) a CNS tumour. Maternal exposure was associated with an increased risk of childhood leukaemia (hazard ratio 1.73, 95% CI 1.12-2.67) and ALL (1.88, 1.16-3.04). We found little evidence of an association for other outcomes or for paternal exposure. Adjusting for potential confounders did not materially affect the results. CONCLUSIONS: This nationwide cohort study suggests an increased risk of leukaemia among children whose mothers were exposed to benzene at work.
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