Parental occupational exposure to metals and risk of cancer in the offspring : A register-based case-control study from Sweden

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BACKGROUND: Cancer risks in the offspring of mothers and fathers exposed to metals are unknown. We estimated the relative risks of childhood cancer, overall and by type, associated with parental occupational exposure to arsenic, cadmium, chromium, nickel, and lead.

METHODS: We conducted a nested case-control study (1960-2015) of children born in Sweden aged 0-19 years diagnosed with cancer (National Cancer Register) matched 25:1 to controls on birth year and sex. We obtained parental occupational data around their birth from censuses and a nationwide register and identified exposure to each metal (yes/no, or higher/lower/no exposure) using the Swedish job-exposure matrix (SWEJEM). Adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated separately for maternal and paternal exposures using conditional logistic regression.

RESULTS: We compared 9653 cases to 1,72,194 controls in maternal and 12,521 cases to 2,74,434 controls in paternal analyses, respectively. We found a 38% increased risk of cancer associated with maternal occupational exposure to arsenic (OR 1.38 [95% CI 1.06, 1.82]), likely driven by higher risks for lymphoma (OR 1.52 [0.73, 3.15]), central nervous system (CNS) (OR 1.49 [0.88, 2.54]) and other solid malignancies (OR 1.74 [1.14, 2.65]). There were also indications of higher risks of lymphoma in children of mothers exposed to nickel and iron, and of CNS tumours due to chromium exposure. No associations were observed from paternal occupational exposure to any of the metals.

CONCLUSIONS: We found evidence of increased risks of cancer in children of mothers but not fathers occupationally exposed to arsenic and potentially other metals.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:191

Enthalten in:

European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 191(2023) vom: 10. Sept., Seite 113243

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rossides, Marios [VerfasserIn]
Mogensen, Hanna [VerfasserIn]
Kampitsi, Christina-Evmorfia [VerfasserIn]
Talbäck, Mats [VerfasserIn]
Wiebert, Pernilla [VerfasserIn]
Tettamanti, Giorgio [VerfasserIn]
Feychting, Maria [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

0R0008Q3JB
7OV03QG267
Arsenic
Case-control studies
Child
Chromium
Journal Article
Metals
N712M78A8G
Neoplasms
Nickel
Parental occupational exposure
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 29.08.2023

Date Revised 30.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ejca.2023.113243

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360616496