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. 2013 Jan 8;34(4):779–786. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgs410

Table V.

Joint association of cigarette smoking with risk of polyps by subtypes, the TCPS, 2003–2010

Cigarette smoking Carcinogen-metabolizing risk category
Low risk Intermediate risk High risk
n a OR (95% CI)b n a OR (95% CI)b n a OR (95% CI)b
Adenoma only (N = 1161)
  Smoking status
     Never 183/656 1.0 (reference) 237/916 0.9 (0.7–1.1) 43/182 0.9 (0.6–1.3)
     Former 162/405 1.1 (0.8–1.4) 230/630 1.0 (0.8–1.3) 48/117 1.2 (0.8–1.8)
     Current 81/156 1.6 (1.1–2.3) 144/227 1.9 (1.4–2.6) 30/43 2.1 (1.2–3.5)
Test of interaction, P = 0.141
  Cigarettes per day
     Never 183/656 1.0 (reference) 237/916 0.9 (0.7–1.1) 43/182 0.9 (0.6–1.3)
     1–19 92/211 1.4 (1.0–1.9) 140/345 1.3 (1.0–1.7) 25/75 1.1 (0.6–1.8)
     20–29 74/187 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 110/292 1.0 (0.8–1.4) 27/54 1.5 (0.9–2.4)
     ≥30 77/163 1.1 (0.8–1.6) 123/215 1.4 (1.0–1.9) 26/30 2.0 (1.1–3.5)
Test of interaction, P = 0.039
HPP only (N = 532)
  Smoking status
     Never 50/656 1.0 (reference) 74/916 1.1 (0.7–1.6) 13/182 1.0 (0.5–1.8)
     Ever 71/405 2.0 (1.3–2.9) 110/630 2.0 (1.4–2.9) 23/117 2.4 (1.4–4.2)
     Current 64/156 5.1 (3.3–7.8) 103/227 5.4 (3.6–8.0) 22/43 6.1 (3.3–11.2)
Test of interaction, P = 0.753
  Cigarettes per day
     Never 50/656 1.0 (reference) 74/916 1.1 (0.7–1.6) 13/182 1.0 (0.5–1.8)
     1–19 63/211 3.9 (2.6–5.9) 83/345 3.0 (2.1–4.4) 12/75 1.9 (0.9–3.8)
     20–29 36/187 1.9 (1.2–3.0) 73/292 2.7 (1.8–4.0) 17/54 3.3 (1.8–6.3)
     ≥30 36/163 2.1 (1.3–3.4) 56/215 2.4 (1.5–3.7) 16/30 6.1 (3.1–12.2)
Test of interaction, P = 0.024
Both (N = 368)
  Smoking status
     Never 28/656 1.0 (reference) 33/916 0.8 (0.5–1.4) 11/182 1.5 (0.7–3.2)
     Ever 53/405 2.1 (1.3–3.5) 66/630 1.7 (1.1–2.8) 17/117 2.9 (1.5–5.6)
     Current 62/156 7.7 (4.6–12.9) 81/227 6.2 (3.8–10.1) 17/43 7.4 (3.6–15.1)
Test of interaction, P = 0.410
  Cigarettes per day
     Never 28/656 1.0 (reference) 33/916 0.8 (0.5–1.4) 11/182 1.5 (0.7–3.2)
     1–19 28/211 2.9 (1.6–5.0) 46/345 2.7 (1.6–4.5) 7/75 2.3 (0.9–5.5)
     20–29 41/187 3.5 (2.0–5.9) 50/292 2.9 (1.7–4.7) 20/54 6.0 (3.1–11.7)
     ≥30 46/163 3.8 (2.2–6.4) 51/215 3.1 (1.8–5.2) 7/30 3.9 (1.5–9.9)
Test of interaction, P = 0.837

Both, synchronous adenoma and HPP.

an, number of cases/controls. Count may not sum up to total because of missing data.

bAdjusted for age, sex, study sites, educational attainment, alcohol consumption, BMI, physical activity, regular NSAID use, red meat intake, total energy intake, year of recruitment, and recruitment before or after colonoscopy.