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Type of alcoholic beverage and risk of head and neck cancer--a pooled analysis within the INHANCE Consortium.

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Purdue, MP; Hashibe, M; Berthiller, J; La Vecchia, C; Dal Maso, L; Herrero, R; Franceschi, S; Castellsague, X; Wei, Q; Sturgis, EM; Zhang, Z-F ...
Published in: Am J Epidemiol
January 15, 2009

The authors pooled data from 15 case-control studies of head and neck cancer (9,107 cases, 14,219 controls) to investigate the independent associations with consumption of beer, wine, and liquor. In particular, they calculated associations with different measures of beverage consumption separately for subjects who drank beer only (858 cases, 986 controls), for liquor-only drinkers (499 cases, 527 controls), and for wine-only drinkers (1,021 cases, 2,460 controls), with alcohol never drinkers (1,124 cases, 3,487 controls) used as a common reference group. The authors observed similar associations with ethanol-standardized consumption frequency for beer-only drinkers (odds ratios (ORs) = 1.6, 1.9, 2.2, and 5.4 for < or =5, 6-15, 16-30, and >30 drinks per week, respectively; P(trend) < 0.0001) and liquor-only drinkers (ORs = 1.6, 1.5, 2.3, and 3.6; P < 0.0001). Among wine-only drinkers, the odds ratios for moderate levels of consumption frequency approached the null, whereas those for higher consumption levels were comparable to those of drinkers of other beverage types (ORs = 1.1, 1.2, 1.9, and 6.3; P < 0.0001). Study findings suggest that the relative risks of head and neck cancer for beer and liquor are comparable. The authors observed weaker associations with moderate wine consumption, although they cannot rule out confounding from diet and other lifestyle factors as an explanation for this finding. Given the presence of heterogeneity in study-specific results, their findings should be interpreted with caution.

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Am J Epidemiol

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1476-6256

Publication Date

January 15, 2009

Volume

169

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2

Start / End Page

132 / 142

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United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Wine
  • Risk Factors
  • Risk Assessment
  • Odds Ratio
  • Humans
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms
  • Ethanol
  • Epidemiology
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Beer
 

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Purdue, M. P., Hashibe, M., Berthiller, J., La Vecchia, C., Dal Maso, L., Herrero, R., … Hayes, R. B. (2009). Type of alcoholic beverage and risk of head and neck cancer--a pooled analysis within the INHANCE Consortium. Am J Epidemiol, 169(2), 132–142. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwn306
Purdue, Mark P., Mia Hashibe, Julien Berthiller, Carlo La Vecchia, Luigino Dal Maso, Rolando Herrero, Silvia Franceschi, et al. “Type of alcoholic beverage and risk of head and neck cancer--a pooled analysis within the INHANCE Consortium.Am J Epidemiol 169, no. 2 (January 15, 2009): 132–42. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwn306.
Purdue MP, Hashibe M, Berthiller J, La Vecchia C, Dal Maso L, Herrero R, et al. Type of alcoholic beverage and risk of head and neck cancer--a pooled analysis within the INHANCE Consortium. Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Jan 15;169(2):132–42.
Purdue, Mark P., et al. “Type of alcoholic beverage and risk of head and neck cancer--a pooled analysis within the INHANCE Consortium.Am J Epidemiol, vol. 169, no. 2, Jan. 2009, pp. 132–42. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/aje/kwn306.
Purdue MP, Hashibe M, Berthiller J, La Vecchia C, Dal Maso L, Herrero R, Franceschi S, Castellsague X, Wei Q, Sturgis EM, Morgenstern H, Zhang Z-F, Levi F, Talamini R, Smith E, Muscat J, Lazarus P, Schwartz SM, Chen C, Neto JE, Wünsch-Filho V, Zaridze D, Koifman S, Curado MP, Benhamou S, Matos E, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Olshan AF, Lence J, Menezes A, Daudt AW, Mates IN, Pilarska A, Fabianova E, Rudnai P, Winn D, Ferro G, Brennan P, Boffetta P, Hayes RB. Type of alcoholic beverage and risk of head and neck cancer--a pooled analysis within the INHANCE Consortium. Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Jan 15;169(2):132–142.
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Published In

Am J Epidemiol

DOI

EISSN

1476-6256

Publication Date

January 15, 2009

Volume

169

Issue

2

Start / End Page

132 / 142

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Wine
  • Risk Factors
  • Risk Assessment
  • Odds Ratio
  • Humans
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms
  • Ethanol
  • Epidemiology
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Beer