Table 3.

Measures of oral health in relation to incidence of pancreatic cancer, stratified by cigarette smoking

Self-reported oral health			Nonsmokers	Current smokers
Periodontal disease	Tooth loss	Cases N	Multivariable hazard ratio (95% CI)	Cases N	Multivariable hazard ratio (95% CI)
No	No	8	Reference	5	Reference
No	Yes	31	2.53 (1.12–5.68)	18	1.41 (0.51–3.91)
Yes	No	4	2.92 (0.87–9.81)	0	-----
Yes	Yes	8	2.05 (0.74–5.70)	4	0.96 (0.25–3.76)
Any tooth loss		39	2.42 (1.09–5.37)	22	1.31 (0.48–3.58)

Multivariable hazard ratios adjusted for age, pack-years of smoking, alcohol consumption, body mass index, and type 2 diabetes