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. 2013 Oct 25;13:154. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-13-154

Table 2.

Multivariate logistic regression model for risk assessment *

Variables OR (95% CI) P- value
Age (≧55 vs. <55)
1.62 (0.59-4.44)
0.350
Gender (male vs. female)
0.17 (0.01-2.00)
0.161
BMI (1-kg/m2 increment)
0.87 (0.76-0.99)
0.036
Stage of H&N cancer (III&IV vs. I&II)
2.98 (1.11-7.99)
0.030
Alcohol drinking
5.90 (1.23-26.44)
0.020
Betel quid chewing
0.59 (0.21-1.65)
0.318
Cigarettes smoking
1.39 (0.29-6.60)
0.679
Hypopharyngeal cancer
1.52 (0.54-4.27)
0.423
Laryngeal cancer 4.41 (0.80-24.24) 0.088

Abbreviation: H&N head and neck, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval.

*Risk assessment for esophageal low-grade, high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia, and invasive carcinoma.