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Risk of betel chewing for oesophageal cancer in Taiwan

2001; Springer Nature; Volume: 85; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1054/bjoc.2001.1927

1532-1827

Ming‐Tsang Wu, Yi‐Chia Lee, C-J Chen, P-W Yang, CJ Lee, Wu Dc, Hsu Hk, C-K Ho, E.-L. Kao, Jang‐Ming Lee,

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Among 104 cases of squamous-cell oesophageal carcinoma patients and 277 controls in Taiwan, after adjusting for cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and other confounders, we found that subjects who chewed from 1 to 495 betel-year and more than 495 betel-years (about 20 betel quid per day for 20 years) had 3.6-fold (95% Cl = 1.3–10.1) and 9.2-fold risk (95% Cl = 1.8–46.7), respectively, of developing oesophageal cancer, compared to those who did not chew betel. © 2001 Cancer Research Campaign www.bjcancer.com