Reproductive male-mediated risk: Spontaneous abortion among wives of pesticide applicators

This study was conducted among 32 pesticide applicators occupationally expo sed to pesticides to determine whether paternal exposure is associated with an increased risk of spontaneous abortion. The ratio of abortion was compa red between applicators and a group of 51 food retailers (control populatio n). The ratio of abortions/pregnancies for applicators was 0.27 and for ret ailers 0.07. OR for spontaneous abortion adjusted for age of wife and smoki ng of parents is 3.8 times greater than for the control population in the m ultiple logistic regression model and 7.6 times with interaction effects mo del.