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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2017 Dec 12;142(8):1560–1567. doi: 10.1002/ijc.31181

Table 2.

The association between tobacco smoking and liver cancer with semi-Bayes (SB) adjustment in Jiangsu Study 2003–2010 (N = 9,944)

Overall Male Female



Variables Case
n=2011
Control
n=7933
Adjusted OR*
(95% CI)
SB-Adjusted OR
(95% PI)
Adjusted OR*
(95% CI)
SB-Adjusted OR
(95% PI)
Adjusted OR*
(95% CI)
SB-Adjusted OR
(95% PI)
Ever smoke
  No 971 4241 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Yes 1040 3692 1.43 (1.20–1.70) 1.42 (1.20–1.69) 1.62 (1.33–1.96) 1.61 (1.32–1.94) 0.82 (0.53–1.26) 0.83 (0.55–1.26)
Smoking status
  Never 971 4241 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Former smoker 229 671 1.88 (1.43–2.46) 1.84 (1.41–2.40) 2.19 (1.62–2.96) 2.11 (1.57–2.84) 1.00 (0.47–2.12) 1.00 (0.52–1.94)
  Current smoker 703 2609 1.43 (1.19–1.73) 1.42 (1.18–1.71) 1.60 (1.29–1.96) 1.58 (1.29–1.95) 0.89 (0.55–1.46) 0.90 (0.57–1.43)
Age at start smoking (years) Pfor trend<0.001 Pfor trend<0.001 Pfor trend=0.200
  Never smoke 971 4241 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  ≥45 14 118 1.33 (0.65–2.74) 1.25 (0.66–2.37) 1.01 (0.28–3.56) 1.01 (0.39–2.57) 1.16 (0.49–2.79) 1.11 (0.53–2.32)
  35–44 51 211 1.63 (1.00–2.68) 1.54 (0.97–2.46) 1.92 (1.06–3.47) 1.74 (1.01–2.99) 1.06 (0.42–2.67) 1.04 (0.48–2.25)
  25–34 262 995 1.47 (1.14–1.89) 1.45 (1.13–1.86) 1.70 (1.29–2.24) 1.67 (1.27–2.18) 0.71 (0.31–1.66) 0.78 (0.38–1.60)
  <25 713 2368 1.40 (1.16–1.69) 1.39 (1.15–1.68) 1.57 (1.28–1.94) 1.55 (1.27–1.91) 0.70 (0.39–1.26) 0.74 (0.43–1.27)
Daily amount of smoking (cig/day) Pfor trend=0.008 Pfor trend=0.002 Pfor trend=0.584
  Never smoke 971 4241 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  <10 104 439 1.81 (1.31–2.50) 1.76 (1.28–2.40) 2.41 (1.68–3.47) 2.28 (1.60–3.24) 0.59 (0.26–1.35) 0.68 (0.33–1.37)
  10–19 291 983 1.61 (1.26–2.05) 1.59 (1.25–2.02) 1.75 (1.34–2.29) 1.72 (1.32–2.23) 1.25 (0.66–2.40) 1.20 (0.67–2.16)
  20–29 338 1311 1.25 (0.99–1.58) 1.24 (0.99–1.56) 1.40 (1.08–1.81) 1.38 (1.07–1.78) 0.88 (0.44–1.75) 0.90 (0.49–1.67)
  ≥30 149 483 1.41 (1.00–1.99) 1.38 (0.99–1.93) 1.65 (1.14–2.38) 1.60 (1.12–2.28) 0.34 (0.04–2.66) 0.72 (0.23–2.29)
Duration of smoking (years) Pfor trend<0.001 Pfor trend<0.001 Pfor trend=0.738
  Never smoke 971 4241 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  <20 118 309 1.49 (1.04–2.12) 1.45 (1.03–2.05) 1.57 (1.06–2.35) 1.52 (1.03–2.22) 0.84 (0.32–2.25) 0.89 (0.40–1.98)
  20–29 239 520 1.76 (1.34–2.32) 1.72 (1.32–2.26) 1.99 (1.47–2.69) 1.93 (1.44–2.59) 0.58 (0.23–1.46) 0.69 (0.32–1.48)
  30–39 275 940 1.30 (1.01–1.67) 1.29 (1.01–1.65) 1.41 (1.07–1.85) 1.39 (1.06–1.82) 1.08 (0.53–2.22) 1.06 (0.56–2.01)
  ≥40 306 1587 1.42 (1.11–1.81) 1.41 (1.10–1.79) 1.68 (1.28–2.21) 1.65 (1.26–2.15) 0.92 (0.48–1.78) 0.93 (0.52–1.69)
Pack-years of smoking Pfor trend=0.007 Pfor trend<0.001 Pfor trend=0.682
  Never smoke 971 4241 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  1–19 469 1418 1.65 (1.34–2.02) 1.63 (1.33–2.00) 1.88 (1.49–2.37) 1.85 (1.47–2.32) 0.80 (0.47–1.37) 0.82 (0.50–1.36)
  ≥20 412 1789 1.28 (1.01–1.61) 1.27 (1.01–1.60) 1.45 (1.12–1.87) 1.43 (1.11–1.84) 0.97 (0.51–1.85) 0.98 (0.54–1.75)
*

Adjusted for study area (Dafeng = 1, Ganyu = 2, Chuzhou = 3, Tongshan =4), age (continuous), gender (male = 0, female = 1, except for stratified analyses by gender), education level (illiteracy = 0, primary = 1, middle school = 2, high school and college = 3), marital status (in marriage = 1, single, divorced or widowed = 0), family income 10 years ago per capita (Yuan/year, continuous), BMI (continuous), history of raw water drinking (yes = 1, no = 0), history of mildew-contaminated food intake (yes = 1, no = 0), family history of liver cancer (yes = 1, no = 0), weekly alcohol consumption in 1990s (continuous, mL/week), HBsAg status (positive = 1, negative = 0) and anti-HCV status (positive = 1, negative = 0).