Non occupational asbestos exposure and risk of pleural mesothelioma among subjects non-exposed to occupational asbestos exposure, 45 cases (9 men; 36 women) and 90 controls (18 men; 72 women), French case-control study, 1998–2002
| Non-occupational asbestos exposure | Men | Women | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases (9) | Controls (18) | Cases (36) | Controls (72) | |||||||||
| n | % | n | % | OR | 99% CI | n | % | n | % | OR | 99% CI | |
| Not exposed | 6 | 66.7 | 15 | 83.3 | 1.0 | – | 17 | 47.2 | 56 | 77.8 | 1.0 | – |
| Exposed | 3 | 33.3 | 3 | 16.7 | 2.4 | 0.2 to 26.7 | 19 | 52.8 | 16 | 22.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 to 15.1 |
| Highest probability of exposure | ||||||||||||
| Possible | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | – | – | 11 | 30.6 | 13 | 18.1 | 3.2 | 0.8 to 13.2 |
| Definite | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 11.1 | 4.6 | 0.2 to 96.9 | 8 | 22.2 | 3 | 4.1 | 7.5 | 1.2 to 48.0 |
| Attributable risk (99% CI) (%) | 20.0 (−33.5 to 73.5) | 38.7 (8.4 to 69.0) | ||||||||||