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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 5a.

Joint association of BMI change and pack-years in lung and UADT cancers.

Lung Cancer SCC UADT Cancer

BMI Change Pack-Years Ca/Co Adjusted OR1
(95% CI)
Ca/Co Adjusted OR2
(95% CI)
≥25% 0 37/176 1.00 40/176 1.00
<25%* 0 64/294 1.17 (0.73, 1.89) 104/294 1.49 (0.97, 2.31)
≥25% >0 to <20 33/120 4.60 (2.35, 8.98) 39/120 2.61 (1.28, 5.30)
<25%* >0 to <20 54/211 5.59 (2.98, 10.5) 70/211 3.03 (1.56, 5.86)
≥25% ≥20 119/79 42.9 (21.3, 86.6) 57/79 6.16 (2.86, 13.2)
<25%* ≥20 240/104 85.2 (41.8, 173) 152/104 12.2 (5.70, 26.1)
ROR 1.66 (0.98, 2.80) 1.47 (0.81, 2.67)
1

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

2

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

*

Negative BMI change category (weight loss) excluded.

ROR: Ratio of Odds Ratios, BMI: Body Mass Index, SCC: Squamous Cell Carcinoma