Correction: Saito et al. Sex-Specific Mortality from Asbestos-Related Diseases, Lung and Ovarian Cancer in Municipalities with High Asbestos Consumption, Brazil, 2000-2017. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 3656

Our plain-English summary of Correction: Saito et al. Sex-Specific Mortality from Asbestos-Related Diseases, Lung and Ovarian Cancer in Municipalities with High Asbestos Consumption, Brazil, 2000-2017. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 3656, by C.A. Saito, M.A. Bussacos, L. Salvi, et al (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022).

The study

• Authors: C.A. Saito, M.A. Bussacos, L. Salvi, C. Mensi, D. Consonni, F.T. Fernandes, F. Campos, F. Cavalcante, E. Algranti
• Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Published: 2022;19(11)
• Cited by: 3 articles, as counted by NIH iCite
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Abstract

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In plain English

This document is a correction notice, not a full study. It corrects two errors in an earlier 2022 article by the same authors. That article looked at deaths from asbestos-related diseases, lung cancer and ovarian cancer from 2000 to 2017 in 29 Brazilian municipalities with high asbestos consumption. First, the title of Table 1 was reworded: its "Brazil" columns refer to total cases in adults aged 30 years or more, not to "all others." Second, in Table 2, deaths among men in these municipalities from the pooled group of typical asbestos-related diseases numbered 357, not 257. That group is broken down into mesothelioma, asbestosis and pleural plaques. Compared with a reference group, the corrected table gave a standardized rate ratio for this pooled group of 2.56 (95% confidence interval 2.27 to 2.88) for men and 1.19 (0.99 to 1.43) for women. For lung cancer the ratios were 1.33 (1.31 to 1.34) for men and 1.19 (1.17 to 1.20) for women. For ovarian cancer the ratio was 1.34 (1.31 to 1.37). The authors stated that the scientific conclusions are unaffected.

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What the study did and found

• Design: Correction notice to a previously published mortality study (corrects a table title and one number in a table)
• Who was studied: Deaths among adults aged 30 years or more in 29 Brazilian municipalities with high asbestos consumption (H-ASB), compared with a reference group, and in all Brazilian municipalities, 2000–2017
• Exposure: Living in municipalities with high asbestos consumption. This notice gives no fiber types, products, jobs or doses.
• Main results:
  • Corrected number of deaths from typical asbestos-related diseases (ARD-T) among men in the H-ASB municipalities: 357, not 257
  • ARD-T, men: 357 deaths, SRR 2.56 (95% CI 2.27–2.88). Women: 136 deaths, SRR 1.19 (95% CI 0.99–1.43)
  • Mesothelioma (ICD-10 C45X), men: 194 deaths, SRR 1.70 (95% CI 1.45–1.99). Women: 114 deaths, SRR 1.17 (95% CI 0.95–1.43)
  • Asbestosis (J61), men: 97 deaths, SRR 6.35 (95% CI 4.86–8.28). Women: 14 deaths, SRR 1.86 (95% CI 0.96–3.39)
  • Pleural plaques (J92.0), men: 66 deaths, SRR 5.06 (95% CI 3.69–6.89). Women: 8 deaths, SRR 0.86 (95% CI 0.35–1.79)
  • Lung cancer (C34), men: 32,604 deaths, SRR 1.33 (95% CI 1.31–1.34). Women: 20,735 deaths, SRR 1.19 (95% CI 1.17–1.20)
  • Ovarian cancer (C56), women: 8446 deaths, SRR 1.34 (95% CI 1.31–1.37)
  • Table 1 title corrected: the 'Brazil' columns refer to the total number of cases of ARD-T, lung and ovarian cancers in adults aged 30 years or more, not to 'all others'
• The authors' conclusion: The authors stated that the scientific conclusions of the original article are unaffected by these corrections

Topics

Medical terms in this study, explained in our Lexicon: Ovarian Cancer.

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