Greater tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption and lower body mass index (BMI) increase odds ratios (OR) for oral cavity, oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal, and laryngeal cancers; however, there are no comprehensive sex-specific comparisons of ORs for these factors.

An examination of male and female odds ratios by BMI, cigarette smoking, and alcohol consumption for cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx in pooled data from 15 case-control studies / J. H. Lubin, J. Muscat, M.M. Gaudet, A.F. Olshan, M.P. Curado, L. Dal Maso, V. Wünsch-Filho, E.M. Sturgis, N. Szeszenia-Dabrowska, X. Castellsague, Z. Zhang, E. Smith, L. Fernandez, E. Matos, S. Franceschi, E. Fabianova, P. Rudnai, M.P. Purdue, D. Mates, Q. Wei, R. Herrero, K. Kelsey, H. Morgenstern, O. Shangina, S. Koifman, J. Lissowska, F. Levi, A.W. Daudt, J.E. Neto, C. Chen, P. Lazarus, D.M. Winn, S.M. Schwartz, P. Boffetta, P. Brennan, A. Menezes, C. La Vecchia, M. McClean, R. Talamini, T. Rajkumar, R.B. Hayes, M. Hashibe. - In: CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL. - ISSN 0957-5243. - 22:9(2011 Sep), pp. 1217-1231.

An examination of male and female odds ratios by BMI, cigarette smoking, and alcohol consumption for cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx in pooled data from 15 case-control studies

C. La Vecchia;
2011

Abstract

Greater tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption and lower body mass index (BMI) increase odds ratios (OR) for oral cavity, oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal, and laryngeal cancers; however, there are no comprehensive sex-specific comparisons of ORs for these factors.
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