continuous exposure relationship was quadratic, the continuous model including the unexposed subjects could yield a marginally statistically significant positive slope in conjunction with no apparent trend or a U-shaped relationship in the RRs across the four exposure categories.
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Issues of methods and interpretation in the National Cancer Institute formaldehyde cohort study.
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Also, given that these p-values are 2-sided and a large number of person-years were accrued in the FA-unexposed category, it is also possible that these p-values indicate a nearly statistically significant inverse trend.