Table 4 Risk of breast cancer associated with exposure to three shiftwork factors when exposure occurred at different windows of time relative to interview

From: The association between different night shiftwork factors and breast cancer: a case–control study

Window of exposure

Exposure during that window

Graveyard shift OR (95% CI)

Light at night OR (95% CI)

Phase shift OR (95% CI)

Sleep disruption OR (95% CI)

10 years ago

No

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

Yes

1.02 (0.73–1.43)

1.25 (0.86–1.80)

1.23 (0.83–1.83)

1.10 (0.68–1.79)

>10 and 20 years ago

No

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

Yes

1.08 (0.77–1.51)

0.89 (0.61–1.30)

0.98 (0.66–1.46)

0.82 (0.49–1.37)

>20 and 30 years ago

No

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

Yes

0.83 (0.60–1.14)

0.87 (0.62–1.21)

0.86 (0.61–1.22)

1.07 (0.67–1.72)

>30 years ago

No

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

Yes

1.21 (0.94–1.57)

1.22 (0.93–1.59)

1.19 (0.91–1.55)

1.38 (0.91–2.09)

  1. Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; OR=odds ratio.
  2. Exposure in each time window was compared with the reference category of never exposed at that time. All analyses are adjusted for age group and all other time window variables in the table.