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. 2000 Dec;21(6):434-6.

[A case-control study on the risk factors of esophageal cancer in Linzhou]

[Article in Chinese]
J Lu  1 , S Lian, X Sun, Z Zhang, D Dai, B Li, L Cheng, J Wei, W Duan
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  • PMID: 11860829

[A case-control study on the risk factors of esophageal cancer in Linzhou]

[Article in Chinese]
J Lu et al. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2000 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: To explore the characteristics of prevalence and influencing factors on the genesis of esophageal cancer.

Methods: A population-based 1:1 matched case-control study was conducted in Linzhou. A total number of 352 pairs of cases and controls matched on sex, age and neighborhoods. Data was analysed by SAS software to calculate the odds ratio of and to evaluate the relative risks.

Results: It was found that lower socio-economic status, environmental pollution around the residential areas, lampblack in room, lower body mass index (BMI), more pickled food intake, cigarette smoking, alcoholic drinking, vigor mental-trauma and depression were risk factors of esophageal cancer. It also showed that the subjects having had history of upper digestive tract operation, dysplasia of esophagus and family history of carcinoma markedly increased the risks of developing esophageal cancer.

Conclusion: Esophageal cancer seemed to be resulted from the combination of genetic and environmental factor, hence called for of medical surveillance and comprehensive prevention.

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