Table 2. HRs and 95% CIs of the incidence of BTC and IHBDC according to smoking in men.
Cases | IR per 100,000 | HRa | 95% CI | |||||
Lower | Upper | |||||||
IHBDC | ||||||||
Never smoker | 14 | 6.6 | 1.00 | |||||
Former smoker | 12 | 6.0 | 0.82 | 0.38 | 1.79 | |||
Current smoker (<30 pack-years) | 19 | 9.7 | 1.91 | 0.94 | 3.87 | |||
Current smoker (≥30 pack-years) | 35 | 14.7 | 2.25 | 1.19 | 4.25 | |||
P-trend | 0.001 | |||||||
BTC | ||||||||
Never smoker | 67 | 31.4 | 1.00 | |||||
Former smoker | 71 | 35.6 | 0.96 | 0.68 | 1.34 | |||
Current smoker (<30 pack-years) | 36 | 18.3 | 0.82 | 0.54 | 1.24 | |||
Current smoker (≥30 pack-years) | 72 | 30.3 | 0.94 | 0.67 | 1.32 | |||
P-trend | 0.611 | |||||||
Subtypes of BTC | ||||||||
GBC | ||||||||
Never smoker | 18 | 8.4 | 1.00 | |||||
Former smoker | 23 | 11.5 | 1.20 | 0.64 | 2.26 | |||
Current smoker (<30 pack-years) | 10 | 5.1 | 0.89 | 0.41 | 1.97 | |||
Current smoker (≥30 pack-years) | 19 | 8.0 | 0.99 | 0.51 | 1.91 | |||
P-trend | 0.771 | |||||||
EHBDC | ||||||||
Never smoker | 40 | 18.8 | 1.00 | |||||
Former smoker | 39 | 19.6 | 0.83 | 0.53 | 1.31 | |||
Current smoker (<30 pack-years) | 20 | 10.2 | 0.74 | 0.43 | 1.29 | |||
Current smoker (≥30 pack-years) | 41 | 17.3 | 0.83 | 0.53 | 1.29 | |||
P-trend | 0.400 | |||||||
AVC | ||||||||
Never smoker | 5 | 2.3 | 1.00 | |||||
Former smoker | 6 | 3.0 | 1.24 | 0.37 | 4.13 | |||
Current smoker (<30 pack-years) | 5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 0.42 | 5.29 | |||
Current smoker (≥30 pack-years) | 10 | 4.2 | 2.09 | 0.70 | 6.27 | |||
P-trend | 0.160 |
AVC, ampulla of Vater cancer; CI, confidence interval; BTC, biliary tract cancer; EHBDC, extrahepatic bile duct cancer; GBC, gallbladder cancer; HR, hazard ratio; IHBDC, intrahepatic bile duct cancer; IR, incidence ratio.
aAdjusted for age, study area, body mass index, history of cholelithiasis, history of diabetes mellitus, history of chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis, Japanese tea consumption, and alcohol consumption.