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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2012 Feb 9;131(6):1407–1416. doi: 10.1002/ijc.27383

Table 4.

Association between BMI change and SCC UADT cancer, stratified by risk factors.

<−5%
(weight loss)
−5% to <+5% 5% to <25% ≥25% P trend**
BMI at 21 (kg/m2)
 Tertile 1 (<20.96 )
  case/controls 8/1 29/36 59/137 64/169
  Adj OR (95% CI)1 9.36 (0.92, 95.0) 1.00 0.71 (0.34, 1.48) 0.52 (0.24, 1.11) 0.084
 Tertile 2 (20.96 to <23.56)
  case/controls 12/8 37/51 72/174 42/113
  Adj OR (95% CI) 1 1.50 (0.46, 4.91) 1.00 0.48 (0.26, 0.88) 0.42 (0.22, 0.81) 0.017
 Tertile 3 (≥23.56)
  case/controls 31/30 41/52 88/159 30/93
  Adj OR (95% CI) 1 0.96 (0.44, 2.07) 1.00 0.72 (0.41, 1.26) 0.44 (0.22, 0.87) 0.014
Tobacco Smoking Status
 Never
  case/controls 14/12 26/70 78/224 40/176
  Adj OR (95% CI)2 2.37 (0.88, 6.39) 1.00 0.99 (0.57, 1.74) 0.69 (0.37, 1.27) 0.146
 Former
  case/controls 30/15 51/42 107/168 77/132
  Adj OR (95% CI) 2 1.59 (0.67, 3.80) 1.00 0.53 (0.30, 0.93) 0.41 (0.23, 0.76) 0.006
 Current
  case/controls 7/12 30/27 34/78 19/67
  Adj OR (95% CI) 2 0.39 (0.11, 1.38) 1.00 0.39 (0.17, 0.85) 0.23 (0.09, 0.58) 0.004
Alcohol Drinking Status
 Never
  case/controls 6/14 18/33 43/100 32/109
  Adj OR (95% CI)3 0.51 (0.14, 1.85) 1.00 0.67 (0.32, 1.41) 0.59 (0.27, 1.28) 0.187
 Former drinker
  case/controls 28/10 50/26 113/83 75/78
  Adj OR (95% CI) 3 1.35 (0.53, 3.42) 1.00 0.86 (0.47, 1.58) 0.62 (0.33, 1.17) 0.136
 Current
  case/controls 16/15 39/79 63/286 28/187
  Adj OR (95% CI) 3 1.98 (0.83, 4.72) 1.00 0.44 (0.26, 0.74) 0.26 (0.14, 0.49) <0.001
Tobacco Smoking Pack-
years
 <20
  case/controls 12/15 19/48 51/163 39/120
  Adj OR (95% CI)2 1.52 (0.52, 4.42) 1.00 0.62 (0.31, 1.23) 0.53 (0.25, 1.12) 0.157
 ≥20
  case/controls 25/12 62/21 90/83 57/79
  Adj OR (95% CI)2 0.57 (0.22, 1.48) 1.00 0.36 (0.18, 0.71) 0.22 (0.10, 0.45) <0.001
Time Since Quitting
Tobacco Smoking
 ≤ 3 years
  case/controls 24/7 40/8 63/24 39/17
  Adj OR (95% CI)2 0.66 (0.18, 2.47) 1.00 0.56 (0.19, 1.59) 0.39 (0.12, 1.23) 0.133
 >3 years
  case/controls 6/8 11/34 44/144 38/115
  Adj OR (95% CI)2 2.60 (0.56, 12.0) 1.00 0.86 (0.36, 2.03) 0.74 (0.30, 1.79) 0.394
1

Adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, tobacco smoking status, pack-years, drinking status, drinking years, education, calories.

2

Adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, drinking status, drinking years, education, calories.

3

Adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, tobacco smoking status, pack-years, education, calories.

*

Tertile 1 <20.96, Tertile 2 from 20.96 to <23.56, Tertile 3 ≥23.56

**

Negative BMI change (weight loss) excluded.

Adj: Adjusted, BMI: Body Mass Index, SCC: Squamous Cell Carcinoma