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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2007 Aug 31;102(12):2696–2707. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01510.x

Table 2.

Effects of Risk Factors for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma in Multivariable Logistic Regression Analysis

Patients (N = 808)
Controls (N = 808)
Study Variables N % N % AOR (95% CI)*
Past history of diabetes mellitus
 Never 614 76.0 729 90.2 1 (reference)
 Ever 194 24.0 79 9.8 2.6 (1.9–3.4)
Duration of diabetes, yr
 ≤1 76 9.4 22 2.7 4.0 (2.5–6.6)
 >1 118 14.6 57 7.1 2.4 (1.7–3.4)
 2–5 55 6.8 25 3.1 2.7 (1.7–4.4)
 6–10 26 3.2 10 1.2 2.8 (1.3–5.9)
 >10 37 4.6 22 2.7 1.9 (1.1–3.3)
Treatment of diabetes mellitus
 Insulin only 15 1.9 3 0.4 5.9 (1.7–21.1)
 Oral only 82 10.2 51 6.3 1.9 (1.3–2.8)
 Both 21 2.6 3 0.4 7.1 (2.1–24.4)
Cigarette smoking
 Never 323 40.0 415 51.4 1 (reference)
 Ever 485 60.0 393 48.6 1.6 (1.2–1.9)
Duration of smoking, pack-years
 ≤20 199 24.6 203 25.1 1.4 (1.1–1.8)
 >20 286 35.4 190 23.5 2.0 (1.6–2.6)
Alcohol consumption
 Never 371 45.9 364 45.0 1 (reference)
 Ever 437 54.1 444 55.0 1.0 (0.8–1.2)
Heavy alcohol drinking
 ≤60 mL ethanol/day 355 43.9 386 47.8 0.9 (0.7–1.2)
 >60 mL ethanol/day 67 8.3 42 5.2 1.6 (1.1–2.5)
*

AOR = odds ratio adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, smoking history, diabetes history, heavy alcohol consumption, family history of pancreatic cancer, history of pancreatitis, education level, and state of residency.

Data on duration of drinking were missing for 15 patients and 16 controls.