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. 2022 Mar 15;19(6):3493. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063493

Table 2.

Cancer type-specific incidence and mortality rates stratified by smoking and alcohol consumption in Korean men.

Cancer Type Combined Smoking and Alcohol Consumption Smoking Alcohol Consumption
Incidence Mortality Incidence Mortality Incidence Mortality
HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
Esophageal 4.4 (2.7–7.3) * 6.1 (2.8–13.6) * 1.7 (1.2–2.5) * 2.3 (1.2–4.2) * 2.6 (1.8–3.8) * 2.7 (1.5–4.9) *
Stomach 1.3 (1.1–1.5) 1.3 (0.8–1.9) 1.2 (1.1–1.4) 1.4 (1.1–1.9) 1.1 (0.9–1.0) 0.9 (0.6–1.2)
Liver 1.6 (1.3-2.0) * 2.2 (1.5–3.2) * 1.2 (1.0–1.4) * 1.4 (1.1–1.9) * 1.3 (1.1–1.6) * 1.5 (1.1–2.1) *
Laryngeal 3.4 (1.9–6.3) 23.4 (1.7–313.4) 2.2 (1.4–3.4) 9.5 (1.1–84.9) 1.6 (1.0–2.5) 2.5 (0.5–12.5)
Tracheal, bronchial, and lung 2.3 (1.9–2.7) * 3.3 (2.5–4.4) 1.9 (1.7–2.2) * 2.8 (2.3–3.4) 1.2 (1.0–1.4) * 1.2 (1.0–1.5)
Colon and rectal 1.3 (1.1–1.6) 1.7 (1.0–2.8) 1.1 (0.9–1.2) 1.3 (0.9–1.9) 1.2 (1.1–1.4) 1.3 (0.9–1.9)
Mouth 1.4 (0.9–2.2) 0.7 (0.1–3.9) 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 0.8 (0.3–2.8) 1.3 (1.0–1.9) 0.9 (0.2–3.2)
Nasopharyngeal 1.6 (0.5–4.7) 2.2 (0.2–25.0) 1.0 (0.4–2.3) 1.3 (0.2–8.0) 1.6 (0.7–3.6) 1.7 (0.3–10.5)
Other parts of the pharynx and oropharynx 1.3 (0.6–2.8) 4.8 (0.6–36.8) 0.9 (0.5–1.5) 1.2 (0.3–5.7) 1.5 (0.9–2.7) 3.9 (0.9–18.2)
Gallbladder and biliary tract 1.4 (0.9–2.3) 1.2 (0.6–2.5) 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 1.3 (0.8–2.3) 1.4 (1.0–1.9) 0.9 (0.5–1.6)
Pancreatic 1.6 (1.1–2.5) 1.9 (1.1–3.3) 1.3 (1.0–1.8) 1.4 (0.9–2.1) 1.2 (0.9–1.7) 1.4 (0.9–2.1)
Bladder 1.4 (0.9–2.0) 1.8 (0.5–6.3) 1.3 (1.0–1.7) 1.6 (0.6–3.9) 1.0 (0.8–1.4) 1.2 (0.4–3.1)

Cause-specific Cox proportional hazard modeling was used. HR, hazard ratios; CI, confidence interval. * denotes statistically significant comparisons of ‘combined smoking and alcohol consumption’, ‘smoking’, and ‘alcohol consumption’.