Table 1. Prevalence rates and odds ratios for esophageal cancer among sample subjects with oral cancer and comparison subjects.
Presence of esophageal cancer | Total sample N = 32,615 | Subjects with oral cancer N = 2965 | Comparison subjects N = 29,650 | |||
No. | Percent (%) | No. | Percent (%) | No. | Percent (%) | |
Yes | 77 | 0.24 | 65 | 2.19 | 12 | 0.04 |
Odds ratio a (95% confidence interval) | – | 55.33*** (29.86∼102.52) | 1.00 |
Notes: aThe odds ratio was calculated using the conditional logistic regression model (conditioned on age group and gender);
p<0.001.