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. 2019 May 5;29(5):180–186. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20180011

Table 5. HRs and 95% CIs of the incidence of BTC and IHBDC according to smoking and alcohol consumption in women.

  Cases IR per 100,000 HRa 95% CI

Lower Upper
Smoking
 IHBDC
  Never smoker 57 6.0 1.00    
  Former/Current smoker 3 4.1 0.99 0.30 3.20

 BTC
  Never smoker 213 22.5 1.00    
  Former/Current smoker 14 19.0 1.16 0.67 2.01

 Subtypes of BTC
  GBC
   Never smoker 111 11.7 1.00    
   Former/Current smoker 8 10.9 1.30 0.62 2.70

  EHBDC
   Never smoker 72 7.6 1.00    
   Former/Current smoker 6 8.1 1.46 0.62 3.44

Alcohol
 IHBDC
  Non/Occasional drinker 56 6.3 1.00    
  Regular drinker 2 1.6 0.43 0.10 1.79

 BTC
  Non/Occasional drinker 206 23.2 1.00    
  Regular drinker 20 15.8 1.02 0.63 1.63

 Subtypes of BTC
  GBC
   Non/Occasional drinker 111 12.5 1.00    
   Regular drinker 8 6.3 0.70 0.34 1.46

  EHBDC
   Non/Occasional drinker 69 7.8 1.00    
   Regular drinker 9 7.1 1.34 0.65 2.76

BTC, biliary tract cancer; CI, confidence interval; 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, smoking (not applicable to the analysis for smoking) and alcohol consumption (not applicable to the analysis for alcohol).