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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Hepatol. 2008 Oct 16;50(2):334–341. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.08.016

Table 2.

Environmental risk factors of HCC.

Factor Total
Absence of hepatitis virus
Cases/controls 347/1075 AOR (95% CI)a Cases/controls 190/1039 AOR (95% CI)b
Cigarette smokingc
No 111/566 1 72/545 1
Yes 236/509 1.7 (1.2–2.4) 118/494 1.5 (1.1–2.1)
≤20 pack-year 97/250 1.5 (0.9–2.2) 44/244 1.2 (0.8–1.8)
>20 pack-year 137/259 2 (1.4–2.9) 72/250 1.8 (1.2–2.7)
Alcohol consumptiond
Never 119/475 1 74/457 1
Mild/moderate drinking 153/533 1.1 (0.8–1.6) 81/521 1.1 (0.7–1.6)
Heavy drinkingd 73/64 3.1 (1.8–5.2) 34/59 3.5 (2–6.3)
Diabetes mellituse
No 227/963 1 111/932 1
Yes 120/112 4.4 (3–6.3) 79/107 4.9 (3.3–7.1)
≤1 years 15/29 3.1 (1.5–6.4) 12/29 3.2 (1.5–6.7)
>1 years 103/83 4.6 (3.1–6.8) 65/78 5.2 (3.5–7.9)
Hepatitis virus status
No virus infection 190/1039 1
Anti-HCV+ 79/6 79.2 (30.6–204.8)
HBsAg+/anti-HBc+ 27/3 75.9 (20.5–281.1)
HBsAg−/anti-HBc+ 18/24 4.1 (2–8.2)
Both HBV&HCV 33/3 49.5 (14.3–171.5)
a

Logistic model included subjects’ age, sex, race, educational level, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, diabetes mellitus, family history of cancer, anti-HCV, HBsAg, and anti-HBc.

b

Logistic model included subjects’ age, sex, race, educational level, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, diabetes mellitus, and family history of cancer.

c

Ever smokers were defined as subjects who had smoked ≥100 cigarettes during their lifetime; duration of smoking was missing from 2 HCC patients.

d

Ever-alcohol drinkers were defined as subjects who had consumed at least four alcoholic drinks of beer, wine, or hard liquor each month for 6 months in their lifetime. Heavy drinking = ≥60 mL ethanol/day; duration of drinking was missing from two HCC patients and three controls.

e

Duration of diabetes mellitus was missing from two HCC patients.