Relationship between ambient ultraviolet radiation and Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are few modifiable risk factors for Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), the most common cancer among young adults in Western populations. Some studies have found a reduced risk with exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR), but findings have been inconsistent and limited to HL as a group or the most common subtypes.

Methods

We evaluated UVR and incidence of HL subtypes using data from 15 population-based cancer registries in the United States from 2001 to 2010 (n=20 021). Ground-based ambient UVR estimates were linked to county of diagnosis. Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated for UVR quintiles using Poisson regression models adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, diagnosis year, and registry.

Results

Hodgkin lymphoma inc

SUBMITTER: Bowen EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4984855 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature