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Leah Weber1, Kevin Song, Terry Boyle
1BC Cancer, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Drs Weber, Song, Ms Lai, Drs Sutherland, Spinelli); University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Dr Boyle); and Institut National de Santé Publique de Québec (INSPQ) / Centre de Toxicologie de Québec, Québec, Quebec, Canada (Mr Gaudreau, Dr LeBlanc).
Objective:
The aim of this study was to estimate the association between organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and multiple myeloma (MM).
Methods:
The risk of MM from organochlorine compounds was examined in a population-based case-control study in British Columbia, Canada. Congeners of PCBs and pesticides or pesticide metabolites were measured in plasma of 325 cases and 327 controls.
Results:
Most organochlorine analytes showed a significant association with MM. The strongest association (highest vs lowest quartile) was oxychlordane (odds ratio = 7.44; 95% confidence interval = 4.19 to 13.21). No heterogeneity was detected between organochlorines levels and MM subtypes. Only oxychlordane and β-hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCCH) were identified as significant independent predictors of MM.
Conclusion:
Our study provides evidence that organochlorines contribute to the risk of MM.
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