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. 2014 Dec 24;26(3):377–386. doi: 10.1007/s10552-014-0513-0

Table 6.

Summary of epidemiologic studies of smoking and adenomas, serrated polyps, and both types

References Population, location Study design Adenomas only Category
Category n OR/RR (95 % CI) current versus never smokers
Serrated polyps only Category
Category n OR/RR (95 % CI) current versus never smokers
Adenomas and serrated polyps
Category n OR/RR (95 % CI) current versus never smokers
Figueiredo 2014 [current study] Multicenter, PPSG RCT/cohort, colonoscopy-based n = 661 RR = 1.31 (1.08, 1.58) n = 295 RR = 2.33 (1.76, 3.07) n = 299 RR = 2.27 (1.68, 3.06)
Burnett-Hartman [20] Group Health Cooperative, Washington State Case–control, colonoscopy-based n = 628 OR = 1.56 (0.99, 2.44) n = 594 OR = 3.00 (1.93, 4.66) n = 247 OR = 2.82 (1.65, 4.81)
Fu [19] Vanderbilt Medical Center and Tennessee Valley VA, Nashville, TN Case–control, colonoscopy-based n = 1,444 OR = 1.96 (1.61, 2.38) n = 662 OR = 4.44 (3.47, 5.67) n = 437 OR = 6.10 (4.51, 8.25)
Ji [6] Multicenter, PLCO Case–control, sigmoidoscopy-based n = 2,500 OR = 1.8 (1.5, 2.1) n = 1,762 OR = 4.4 (3.7, 5.2) n = 582 OR = 6.2 (4.7, 8.3)
Morimoto [10] Multiclinic private gastroenterology practice, Minneapolis, MN Case–control, colonoscopy-based n = 437 OR = 1.3 (0.8, 2.3) n = 219 OR = 4.1 (2.2, 7.6) n = 138 OR = 6.1 (2.8, 13.5)

RR risk ratio; OR odds ratio; CI confidence interval; RCT randomized controlled trial; PPSG Polyp Prevention Study Group; PLCO prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening trial