A case-control study of bidi smoking and bronchogenic carcinoma
<b>Objective</b> : To evaluate the risks imposed by tobacco smoking, in particular, bidi smoking, in the development of lung cancer. <b>Methods</b> : Two hundred eighty-four histologically confirmed patients of bronchogenic carcinoma and 852 controls matched for age, sex, an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Annals of Thoracic Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2010;volume=5;issue=4;spage=238;epage=241;aulast=Prasad |
| Summary: | <b>Objective</b> : To evaluate the risks imposed by tobacco smoking, in particular, bidi smoking, in the development of lung cancer. <b>Methods</b> : Two hundred eighty-four histologically confirmed patients of bronchogenic carcinoma and 852 controls matched for age, sex, and socioeconomic status were interviewed according to a predesigned questionnaire. Effects of individual variables defining the various aspects of tobacco smoking, in particular, bidi smoking, were assessed using logistic regression models. <b>Results</b> : 81.3% cases of bronchogenic carcinoma were ever smokers as compared with 42.2% among controls. The odd ratios for ever smoking, bidi smoking, and cigarette smoking were 5.9 (confidence interval [CI] 4.3, 8.4), 6.1 (CI 4.3, 8.7), and 5.3 (CI 2.7, 10.4), respectively. <b>Conclusion</b> : Bidi smoking poses a very high risk for lung cancer even more than that of cigarette smoking. |
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| ISSN: | 1817-1737 1998-3557 |