Lung cancer risk in painters: results from the SYNERGY pooled case-control study consortium



Guha, Neela, Bouaoun, Liacine, Kromhout, Hans, Vermeulen, Roel, Bruening, Thomas, Behrens, Thomas, Peters, Susan, Luzon, Veronique, Siemiatycki, Jack, Xu, Mengting
et al (show 39 more authors) (2021) Lung cancer risk in painters: results from the SYNERGY pooled case-control study consortium. OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE, 78 (4). pp. 269-278.

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Abstract

<h4>Objectives</h4>We evaluated the risk of lung cancer associated with ever working as a painter, duration of employment and type of painter by histological subtype as well as joint effects with smoking, within the SYNERGY project.<h4>Methods</h4>Data were pooled from 16 participating case-control studies conducted internationally. Detailed individual occupational and smoking histories were available for 19 369 lung cancer cases (684 ever employed as painters) and 23 674 age-matched and sex-matched controls (532 painters). Multivariable unconditional logistic regression models were adjusted for age, sex, centre, cigarette pack-years, time-since-smoking cessation and lifetime work in other jobs that entailed exposure to lung carcinogens.<h4>Results</h4>Ever having worked as a painter was associated with an increased risk of lung cancer in men (OR 1.30; 95% CI 1.13 to 1.50). The association was strongest for construction and repair painters and the risk was elevated for all histological subtypes, although more evident for small cell and squamous cell lung cancer than for adenocarcinoma and large cell carcinoma. There was evidence of interaction on the additive scale between smoking and employment as a painter (relative excess risk due to interaction >0).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Our results by type/industry of painter may aid future identification of causative agents or exposure scenarios to develop evidence-based practices for reducing harmful exposures in painters.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: painters, cancer, smoking, epidemiology
Divisions: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 12 Jul 2021 09:45
Last Modified: 18 Jan 2023 21:36
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2020-106770
Open Access URL: http://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2020-106770
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3129724