| A1 |
Case-control study based on death certificates of men, over 18 years old, living in RJ |
2,040 cases of male cancer deaths, 4,140 random controls. Of the total of 6180 deaths, 233 were linked to agriculture, with 95 being cases and 138 controls. |
Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics with chi-square test and odds ratio and Hosmer-Lemershow test |
| A2 |
Case-control, with analysis of death certificates of farmers exposed to pesticides and mortality from stomach cancer |
Cases 11,766 (stomach cancer) and controls 11,557 (any other diagnosis) |
Inferential statistics, with chi-square test, odds ratio and logistic regression |
| A3 |
Multicenter case-control study with blood samples processed for DNA extraction |
953 cases and 881 controls. Genotyping for 419 cases and 358 controls |
Descriptive statistics, chi-square inferential statistics, Student's t test and odds ratio |
| A4 |
Prospective population cohort study at AHS in pesticide applicators, with: 1) measurement of telomeres in leukocyte DNA; 2) self-administered questionnaire; 3) comparison between oral and blood cells, RTL calculation |
568 cancer-free participants and 40 blood comparisons |
Inferential statistics, using multivariate linear regression, Spearman correlation |
| A5 |
Longitudinal prospective cohort study for changes in DNA level of N7-MedGels lymphocytes between low and high level spray exposures. Blood samples were collected for each harvest period |
39 workers |
Inferential statistics, with Pearson's correlation test and Student's t test |
| A6 |
Prospective cohort |
22830 farmers or pesticide applicators |
Inferential statistics with Poisson regression, Spearman correlation and Wald tests |
| A7 |
Prospective cohort study, which sought data on lifetime agricultural exposures in the AGRICAN enrollment questionnaire |
Among 181,842 registered, 81,961 were identified after applying exclusion criteria and 1496 were selected because they had prostate cancer |
Inferential statistics, with risk ratios and Cox regression |
| A8 |
Three population-based case-control studies in the United States and Canada |
547 cases of multiple myeloma and 2,700 controls, totaling 3,247 participants |
Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, with logistic regression and odds ratio |
| A9 |
Population-based case-control study |
241 (cases), 1240 (controls), totaling 1,481 |
Inferential statistics, with Fisher's exact test, odds ratio, multiple logistic regression and t-test |
| A10 |
Population study, with data updated by follow-up questionnaire |
546 cases of lung cancer |
Inferential statistics, with cox regression |
| A11 |
Case-control study of patients recruited from the Department of Neurosurgery at Univ. of the Hospital of Pisa, Italy |
174 cases and 522 controls, totaling 696 participants |
Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, with chi-square, odds ratio and logistic regression |
| A12 |
Cohort study |
70,570 farmers, 9515 of whom had an incidence of cancer |
Inferential statistics, with risk ratios and Cox regressions |
| A13 |
Prospective cohort study |
11065 with a cancer incidence of 181,842 enrolled in the cohort |
Inferential statistics, with chi-square and Poisson regression |
| A14 |
Prospective, population-based cohort of applicators from Iowa and North Carolina, with DNA laboratory examination and questionnaire response |
596 applicators |
Inferential statistics, with Student's t test, Wilcoxon Rank Sum test, linear regression and logistic regression, with bootstrapping technique and intraclass correlation coefficients |
| A15 |
Case-control study with blood collection for laboratory tests |
513 individuals (250 agricultural workers and 263 occupationally unexposed) |
Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, with Student's t test, chi-square and odds ratio |
| A16 |
Prospective cohort, with questionnaire response and face-to-face interview. Blood, urine and buccal cell samples were collected |
Rural workers (n = 137) exposed to different types of pesticides compared to an unexposed group (control; n = 83), totaling 220 participants |
Inferential statistics, with Student's t test (Welch test), Pearson correlation and non-parametric Mann-Whitney tests and Spearman correlation |
| A17 |
Cohort study, with farmers registered with health insurance (AGRICAN) |
897 cases of lung cancer |
Inferential statistics, with Cox regression and Wald test |
| A18 |
Retrospective cohort, case-control, blood analysis |
41 men and 9 women (case group) and 75 from the control group, totaling 115 participants |
Inferential statistics, with Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis tests, one-way ANOVA and Spearman correlations |
| A19 |
Case-control, observational, prospective and cross-sectional study carried out with material collected from oral mucosa cells for cytogenetic analysis |
60 farmers and 60 controls, totaling 120 participants |
Inferential statistics, with ANOVA test, Wilcoxon test, linear regression, Tukey's post-hoc test and Fisher's exact test |
| A20 |
Case-control study, with collection of urine and saliva samples and response to a questionnaire |
51 pesticide applicators and 52 controls, totaling 103 participants |
Inferential statistics, with multivariate statistical analysis, with Pareto scale, PLS-D and unpaired t-test |
| A21 |
Epidemiological case-control study. Both cases and controls completed a detailed questionnaire |
101 patients and 88 controls, totaling 189 participants |
Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, with Student's t test, chi-square, odds ratio and logistic regression |
| A22 |
Descriptive study |
58 farmers |
Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, with Pearson Correlation |
| A23 |
Prospective cohort, carried out through the AGRICAN database |
57847 farmers exposed to fungicides and herbicides |
Inferential statistics, with risk ratios, Cox regression, univariate, backward, multivariate analyzes and sensitivity analysis |
| A24 |
Field research, case-control, carried out by blood collection and laboratory research of various tumor biomarkers |
50 urban researchers exposed and 50 unexposed and 50 rural sprayers occupationally exposed to pesticides and 50 unexposed, totaling 200 participants |
Inferential statistics, with ANOVA test, multivariate analysis and Pearson correlation |
| A25 |
Laboratory case-control study to verify the frequency of chromosomal alterations and the level of chromosomal instability in peripheral blood lymphocytes |
5 farmers occupationally exposed to pesticides and 5 individuals not exposed |
Inferential statistics, with Student's t test, Fisher's exact test, Wilcoxon test and Shapiro-Wilk test |
| A26 |
Comparative study, with application of a questionnaire and collection of buccal cells in workers in conventional and ecological agriculture |
34 from conventional agriculture and 37 from ecological agriculture, totaling 71 farmers |
Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, with Poisson correlation and chi-square |
| A27 |
Case-control study, with collection of peripheral blood samples. A questionnaire was also administered to farmers |
43 farmers and 30 controls, totaling 73 participants |
Inferential statistics, with MannWhitney test |
| A28 |
Epidemiological cohort study, with data from the AHS database and questionnaire application in three phases |
734 cases of aggressive prostate cancer among farmers |
Inferential statistics, with Cox regression, risk ratios, Pearson correlation, logistic regression, Wald test, likelihood ratio test and multivariate logistic regression |
| A29 |
Cross-sectional case-control study |
113 exposed and 93 control group, totaling 216 participants |
Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, with Student's t test, ANOVA test and Tukey's post-hoc test |