Smoking and adult glioma: a population-based case-control study in China |
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Authors: | Lei Hou Jingmei Jiang Boqi Liu Wei Han Yanping Wu Xiaonong Zou Philip C. Nasca Fang Xue Yuanli Chen Biao Zhang Haiyu Pang Yuyan Wang Zixing Wang Junyao Li |
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Affiliation: | Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (L.H., J.J., W.H., F.X., B.Z., H.P., Y.W., Z.W.); Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (B.L., Y.W., X.Z., Y.C., J.L.); School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany, New York (P.C.N.) |
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Abstract: | BackgroundSmoking increases the risk of numerous cancers; however, an association of smoking with adult gliomas has not been found in a population.MethodsThis case-control study included 4556 glioma cases (ICD-9 code 191.0–191.9) aged ≥30 years and 9112 controls from a national survey of smoking and mortality in China in 1989–1991. Controls from 325 255 surviving spouses of all-cause deaths were randomly assigned to cases in each of 103 areas according to sex and age groups at a ratio of 2:1. Smoking information was ascertained retrospectively by interviewing surviving spouses.ResultsAfter adjustment for confounders, smoking increased the risk of glioma deaths by 11% (odds ratio [OR] = 1.11; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.03–1.21). Compared with non-smokers; the increased risk was 9% (OR = 1.09; 95% CI: 0.99–1.20) in men and 16% (OR = 1.16; 95% CI: 1.00–1.36) in women. The risk increased with age and doses. For individuals aged ≥50 years, smoking was associated with higher risk of glioma death by 25% (OR = 1.25; 95% CI: 1.15–1.38); this increased risk for smokers who smoked ≥20 cigarettes daily for ≥30 years was 53% (OR = 1.53; 95% CI: 1.34–1.74). There were similar findings in both men and women and with either pathology-based or non–pathology-based comparisons.ConclusionsThis study indicates that smoking is associated with glioma deaths in the Chinese population. Long-term heavy smoking could be a factor for risk stratification in individuals attending brain tumor clinics. |
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Keywords: | case-control death epidemiological design glioma smoking |
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