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Meta-analysis of the relation between European and American smokeless tobacco and oral cancer
BACKGROUND: Smokeless tobacco is often referred to as a major contributor to oral cancer. In some regions, especially Southeast Asia, the risk is difficult to quantify due to the variety of products, compositions (including non-tobacco ingredients) and usage practices involved. In Western population...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2225413/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18005437 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-334 |
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description | BACKGROUND: Smokeless tobacco is often referred to as a major contributor to oral cancer. In some regions, especially Southeast Asia, the risk is difficult to quantify due to the variety of products, compositions (including non-tobacco ingredients) and usage practices involved. In Western populations, the evidence of an increased risk in smokeless tobacco users seems unclear, previous reviews having reached somewhat differing conclusions. We report a detailed quantitative review of the evidence in American and European smokeless tobacco users, and compare our findings with previous reviews and meta-analyses. METHODS: Following literature review a meta-analysis was conducted of 32 epidemiological studies published between 1920 and 2005 including tests for homogeneity and publication bias. RESULTS: Based on 38 heterogeneous study-specific estimates of the odds ratio or relative risk for smokeless tobacco use, the random-effects estimate was 1.87 (95% confidence interval 1.40–2.48). The increase was mainly evident in studies conducted before 1980. No increase was seen in studies in Scandinavia. Restricting attention to the seven estimates adjusted for smoking and alcohol eliminated both heterogeneity and excess risk (1.02; 0.82–1.28). Estimates also varied by sex (higher in females) and by study design (higher in case-control studies with hospital controls) but more clearly in studies where estimates were unadjusted, even for age. The pattern of estimates suggests some publication bias. Based on limited data specific to never smokers, the random-effects estimate was 1.94 (0.88–4.28), the eight individual estimates being heterogeneous and based on few exposed cases. CONCLUSION: Smokeless tobacco, as used in America or Europe, carries at most a minor increased risk of oral cancer. However, elevated risks in specific populations or from specific products cannot definitely be excluded. |
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spelling | pubmed-22254132008-02-03 Meta-analysis of the relation between European and American smokeless tobacco and oral cancer Weitkunat, Rolf Sanders, Edward Lee, Peter N BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Smokeless tobacco is often referred to as a major contributor to oral cancer. In some regions, especially Southeast Asia, the risk is difficult to quantify due to the variety of products, compositions (including non-tobacco ingredients) and usage practices involved. In Western populations, the evidence of an increased risk in smokeless tobacco users seems unclear, previous reviews having reached somewhat differing conclusions. We report a detailed quantitative review of the evidence in American and European smokeless tobacco users, and compare our findings with previous reviews and meta-analyses. METHODS: Following literature review a meta-analysis was conducted of 32 epidemiological studies published between 1920 and 2005 including tests for homogeneity and publication bias. RESULTS: Based on 38 heterogeneous study-specific estimates of the odds ratio or relative risk for smokeless tobacco use, the random-effects estimate was 1.87 (95% confidence interval 1.40–2.48). The increase was mainly evident in studies conducted before 1980. No increase was seen in studies in Scandinavia. Restricting attention to the seven estimates adjusted for smoking and alcohol eliminated both heterogeneity and excess risk (1.02; 0.82–1.28). Estimates also varied by sex (higher in females) and by study design (higher in case-control studies with hospital controls) but more clearly in studies where estimates were unadjusted, even for age. The pattern of estimates suggests some publication bias. Based on limited data specific to never smokers, the random-effects estimate was 1.94 (0.88–4.28), the eight individual estimates being heterogeneous and based on few exposed cases. CONCLUSION: Smokeless tobacco, as used in America or Europe, carries at most a minor increased risk of oral cancer. However, elevated risks in specific populations or from specific products cannot definitely be excluded. BioMed Central 2007-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC2225413/ /pubmed/18005437 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-334 Text en Copyright © 2007 Weitkunat et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Weitkunat, Rolf Sanders, Edward Lee, Peter N Meta-analysis of the relation between European and American smokeless tobacco and oral cancer |
title | Meta-analysis of the relation between European and American smokeless tobacco and oral cancer |
title_full | Meta-analysis of the relation between European and American smokeless tobacco and oral cancer |
title_fullStr | Meta-analysis of the relation between European and American smokeless tobacco and oral cancer |
title_full_unstemmed | Meta-analysis of the relation between European and American smokeless tobacco and oral cancer |
title_short | Meta-analysis of the relation between European and American smokeless tobacco and oral cancer |
title_sort | meta-analysis of the relation between european and american smokeless tobacco and oral cancer |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2225413/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18005437 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-334 |
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