Sinonasal Cancer and Occupational Exposure in a Population-Based Registry

Table 2

Occupational exposure to carcinogenic agents among subjects with sinonasal cancer, by gender; Lombardy region sinonasal cancer registry, 2008–2011 (𝑁=200 with interview).

Occupational exposure	Men		Women		𝑃 value^a
	No.	%	No.	%
Never exposed	68	50.7	55	83.3	Reference
Ever exposed (any agent)	66	49.3	11	16.7	<0.001
Wood dust	39	29.1	5	7.6	<0.001
Leather dust	23	17.2	6	9.1	0.02
Nickel compounds	4	3.0	0	0.0	0.08
Chromium compounds	4	3.0	0	0.0	0.08
PAH	2	1.5	0	0.0	0.21
Cork dust	0	0.0	1	1.5	0.27

PAH: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
^aFrom chi-square test (reference: never exposed).
Note: a subject may have been exposed to more than one agent in his/her occupational history.