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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Jun 22.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005 Nov;14(11 Pt 1):2481–2486. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0370

Table 3.

Odds ratios for BE and BE with dysplasia associated with smoking, obesity and NSAIDs

Controls BE BE with dysplasia

Crude Adjusted Crude Adjusted
Exposure N=261 N=117 OR(95% CI)* OR(95% CI) N=50 OR(95% CI)* OR(95% CI)
Cigarette smoking intensity (pack-years)
    None 46% 27% 1.0 1.0 18% 1.0 1.0
   25 or less 28% 44% 2.5 (1.5-4.4) 3.1 (1.6-6.0) 44% 3.7 (1.6-8.5) 3.8 (1.4-10.3)
  More than 25 26% 29% 2.1 (1.1-3.8) 2.2 (1.1-4.5) 38% 2.9 (1.2-6.9) 3.3 (1.2-9.5)
Maximum BMI (kg/m2)
   18.5 – 24.9 25% 22% 1.0 1.0 12% 1.0 1.0
    25 - 29.9 46% 36% 1.0 (0.5-1.7) 0.9 (0.5-1.8) 45% 1.7 (0.6-4.4) 1.3 (0.5-3.9)
    ≥ 30 28% 42% 1.7 (0.9-3.2) 1.5 (0.7-3.1) 43% 2.9 (1.1-7.7) 2.1 (0.7-6.4)
Aspirin/NSAIDS (frequency of use in past 5 years)
    Never 23% 27% 1.0 1.0 24% 1.0 1.0
  Occasionally 32% 32% 0.7 (0.4-1.4) 0.8 (0.4-1.5) 36% 1.0 (0.4-2.2) 0.9 (0.4-2.4)
  <2-3/month 12% 11% 0.6 (0.3-1.3) 0.8 (0.3-1.9) 2% 0.1 (0.0-1.1) 0.1 (0.0-1.0)
  ≥ 1/week 34% 29% 0.8 (0.4-1.5) 0.6 (0.3-1.3) 38% 1.1 (0.5-2.6) 0.8 (0.3-2.1)
Acetominophen (frequency of use in past 5 years)
    Never 17% 13% 1.0 1.0 6% 1.0 1.0
  Occasionally 51% 43% 0.9 (0.4-1.7) 0.7 (0.3-1.5) 48% 2.4 (0.7-8.3) 2.6 (0.6-11.4)
  <2-3/month 19% 21% 0.9 (0.4-2.1) 1.0 (0.4-2.3) 20% 3.0 (0.7-11.9) 4.1 (0.8-20.8)
  ≥ 1/week 14% 24% 1.9 (0.8-4.1) 1.3 (0.5-3.1) 26% 5.0 (1.3-19.3) 3.1 (0.6-15.1)
*

Odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals adjusted for exact age in years and sex

Odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals adjusted for exact age in years, sex, frequency of acid reflux symptoms in current age group, BMI (continuous), pack years smoked (continuous), NSAID use