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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Oncol. 2008 Oct 1;26(28):4557–4562. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.3526

Table 2.

Risk factors of pancreatic cancer and association of pancreatic cancer with HBV or HCV infection: Univariable and Multivariable logistic regression analysis

Variable Cases N =476 (%) Controls N= 879 (%) Univariable OR (95% CI) Multivariable OR (95% CI)
HCV
 Anti-HCV − 469 (98.5) 870 (99) 1 (reference)
 Anti-HCV + 7 (1.5) 9 (1) 1.4 (.5–3.9) .9 (.3–2.8)
HBV
 HBsAg-/Anti-HBc− * 438 (92) 844 (96) 1 (reference)
 HBsAg+/Anti-HBc+ 0 1 (.1) ————
 HBsAg−/Anti-HBc + 36 (7.6) 27 (3.1) 2.5 (1.5–4.1) 2.5 (1.5–4.2)
 Anti-HBc+/Anti-HBs+§ 24 (5) 20 (2.3) 2.3 (1.3–4.3) 2.3 (1.2–4.3)
 Anti-HBc+/Anti-HBs− 12 (2.5) 6 (.7) 3.9 (1.4–10.4) 4 (1.4–11.1)
Diabetes
 No 368 (77.3) 792 (90.1) 1 (reference)
 Yes 108 (23.7) 87 (9.9) 2.7 (1.9–3.6) 2.9 (2.1–4)
Cigarette smoking
 No 201 (42.2) 451 (51.3) 1 (reference)
 Yes 275 (57.8) 428 (48.7) 1.4 (1.2–1.8) 1.4 (1.1–1.8)
Alcohol drinking
 No 198 (41.6) 384 (43.7) 1 (reference)
 Yes 278 (58.8) 495 (56.3) 1.1 (.9–1.4) 1 (.8–1.3)
Family history of cancer
 No 102 (21.4) 279 (31.7) 1 (reference)
 Yes 374 (78.6) 600 (68.3) 1.7 (1.3–2.2) 1.8 (1.4–2.3)

Abbreviations: +, positive; −, negative; anti-HBc, anti-hepatitis B core antigen; anti-HBs, anti-hepatitis B surface antigen; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen; HCV, hepatitis C virus.

*

Never exposed;

Chronic carrier of HBV;

Past exposure to HBV;

§

Past exposure to HBV with natural immunity;

Possible chronically infected and have an undetectable level of HBsAg present in the serum.