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. 2012 Jul 5;23(11):2964–2970. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mds140

Table 3.

Pooled odds ratiosa (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the history of pancreatitis and risk of pancreatic cancer, by covariates, International Pancreatic Cancer Case-Control Consortium (PanC4)

  History of pancreatitis
  No. Years between diagnosis of pancreatitis and diagnosis of pancreatic cancer/interview
    ≤2
>2
  N (cases : controls) N (cases : controls) OR (95% CI) N (cases : controls) OR (95% CI)
Overall 4674 : 10 703 183 : 25 13.56 (8.72–21.90) 106 : 79 2.71 (1.96–3.74)
Sex
 Men 2651 : 6215 102 : 15 11.73 (6.56–20.99) 59 : 46 2.34 (1.50–3.63)
 Women 2023 : 4488 81 : 10 17.32 (8.68–34.54) 47 : 33 3.12 (1.94–5.03)
P value for interaction (0.59) (0.44)
Age (years)
 <65 2369 : 6028 119 : 16 15.45 (8.89–26.85) 69 : 40 3.91 (2.53–6.04)
 ≥65 2305 : 4675 64 : 9 10.24 (4.96–21.14) 37 : 39 1.68 (1.02–2.76)
P value for interaction (0.30) (0.006)
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White 3681 : 7410 151 : 19 13.41 (8.15–22.04) 83 : 59 2.48 (1.72–3.58)
 Other 990 : 2991 31 : 6 11.83 (4.65–30.05) 22 : 17 3.28 (1.62–6.66)
P value for interaction (0.96) (0.40)
Education
 High school graduate or less 2576 : 6257 65 : 14 10.29 (5.52–19.18) 52 : 50 2.21 (1.44–3.39)
 College graduate or more 2062 : 4377 118 : 11 18.09 (9.49–34.46) 54 : 29 3.48 (2.09–5.79)
P value for interaction (0.27) (0.20)
Body mass index (kg/m2)
 <25 2209 : 5935 75 : 11 13.48 (6.91–26.26) 49 : 37 3.12 (1.96–4.96)
 ≥25 2418 : 4663 107 : 14 13.50 (7.46–24.46) 55 : 41 2.36 (1.49–3.72)
P value for interaction (0.89) (0.84)
Tobacco smoking
 Never 1695 : 4470 61 : 9 17.72 (8.51–36.91) 29 : 33 2.18 (1.26–3.79)
 Former 1207 : 2464 57 : 9 7.16 (3.38–15.18) 31 : 20 2.59 (1.37–4.89)
Current
 ≤20 cigarettes/day 1038 : 2304 39 : 4 21.15 (6.73–66.49) 28 : 15 3.97 (1.98–7.96)
 >20 cigarettes/day 574 : 1054 20 : 3 12.41 (3.51–43.85) 12 : 9 1.94 (0.73–5.16)
P value for interaction (0.56) (0.61)
Alcohol intake (drinks/day)b
 0 to <1 2562 : 6153 114 : 16 14.11 (8.11–26.55) 54 : 43 2.73 (1.75–4.25)
 1 to <4 1109 : 2920 30 : 6 10.10 (4.19–27.30) 21 : 17 3.18 (1.57–6.45)
 ≥4 521 : 1276 24 : 3 12.62 (3.57–44.54) 16 : 17 1.78 (0.81–3.91)
P value for interaction (0.80) (0.74)
History of diabetes
 No 3767 : 9756 142 : 19 15.74 (9.57–25.89) 69 : 60 2.75 (1.89–4.01)
 Yes 906 : 942 41 : 6 6.69 (2.57–17.37) 37 : 19 2.42 (1.27–4.60)
P value for interaction (0.17) (0.87)
Study area
 North America 3536 : 6709 158 : 16 15.88 (9.25–27.27) 82 : 54 2.53 (1.72–3.72)
 Other 1138 : 3994 25 : 9 9.68 (4.37–21.45) 24 : 25 3.05 (1.69–5.52)
P value for interaction (0.20) (0.59)

aPooled ORs were computed using logistic regression models adjusted for study, age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, body mass index, tobacco smoking, alcohol intake and history of diabetes.

bNo information on alcohol intake was available in the MSKCC study.