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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2014 Nov 15;26(1):111–119. doi: 10.1007/s10552-014-0490-3

Table 2.

Body mass index, smoking and alcohol intake, and risk of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma overall and stratified by HPV serology.

Total High-risk HPV seropositive High-risk HPV seronegative
Characteristic Cases Control OR (95%CI)a P trend Cases OR (95%CI)b P trend Cases OR (95%CI)b P trend
BMI
        18.5-25 325 360 1[reference] 0.08 154 1[reference] 0.46 119 1[reference] <0.0001
        25-30 421 504 1.01 (0.79, 1.29) 240 1.15(0.88,1.49) 124 0.78(0.57,1.08)
        ≥30 213 344 0.79 (0.60, 1.04) 131 0.91(0.68,1.21) 53 0.48(0.32,0.70)
Smoking Status
        Never smoke 236 486 1[reference] 158 1[reference] 52 1[reference]
        Ever smoke 723 722 1.32(1.01, 1.73) 367 1.23(0.93,1.61) 242 1.62(1.09,2.41)
Pack-years of smoking per 10 units 959 1108 1.10(1.05, 1.16) 525 1.05(1.00,1.10) 294 1.15(1.09,1.21)
Alcohol
    First quartile 173 302 1[reference] <0.0001 98 1[reference] <0.0001 51 1[reference] <0.0001
    Second quartile 152 300 0.78(0.56, 1.07) 86 0.82(0.58,1.17) 43 0.84(0.53,1.32)
    Third quartile 189 302 1.03 (0.75, 1.42) 121 1.16(0.83,1.61) 46 0.87(0.55,1.39)
    Forth quartile 442 301 2.10 (1.54, 2.86) 219 1.91(1.38,2.64) 154 2.31(1.53,3.50)
a

model includes HPV status, age, sex, race, education, smoking status, pack-years of smoking per 10 units, alcohol use

b

model includes age, BMI, sex, race, education, smoking status, pack-years of smoking, alcohol use