The importance of exposure rate on odds ratios by cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption for esophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in the Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium
Lubin JH, Cook MB, Pandeya N, Vaughan TL, Abnet CC, Giffen C, Webb PM, Murray LJ, Casson AG, Risch HA, Ye W, Kamangar F, Bernstein L, Sharp L, Nyrén O, Gammon MD, Corley DA, Wu AH, Brown LM, Chow WH, Ward MH, Freedman ND, Whiteman DC. The importance of exposure rate on odds ratios by cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption for esophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in the Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium. Cancer Epidemiology 2012, 36: 306-316. PMID: 22504051, PMCID: PMC3489030, DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEsophagogastric junctional adenocarcinomaBody mass indexSquamous cell carcinomaEsophageal adenocarcinomaEsophageal Adenocarcinoma ConsortiumCigarette smokingAlcohol consumptionAcid refluxCell carcinomaBarrett's esophagusInverse associationEffect modificationYounger ageCigarettes/dayDrinks/dayExposure rateSignificant effect modificationCase-control studyTotal exposureHigh exposure rateEvaluated effect modificationJunctional adenocarcinomaMass indexSmoking effectsOdds ratio