Dentistry Medical News about Alcohol intake, India, Mortality, Oral cancer

Become a Member Today!
Register

Most Viewed Abstracts

1. Report Shows Shift in Starting Salaries for Physicians

2. 2008 Exclusive Survey—Earnings: Good news for primary care income

3. Medicare pay-for-reporting effort draws fire from frustrated doctors

4. Debunking Myths in the US Healthcare System

5. Doctors and the DEA Free full text

Your Article Summary

See Latest Articles

(Click the title below to leave the MDLinx Network and go to the Journal's Website)

Alcohol intake and oral cavity cancer risk among men in a prospective study in Kerala, India
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 07/16/09

Cancela MC et al. – Study reports that alcohol intake plays an important role in oral carcinogenesis, and understanding this role is relevant to developing public health policies targeting at-risk population.

Methods

An evaluation of the role of alcohol drinking and patterns of consumption in oral cancer incidence and mortality in a cohort study using data from Trivandrum Oral Cancer Screening Study, India
Lifestyle questionnaire included items on frequency and duration of alcohol consumption
They were followed up for oral cancer incidence and mortality
Data from 32,347 subjects, of whom 134 eventually developed oral cancer, were analysed to estimate risk of oral cancer incidence and mortality according to drinking patterns
Cox regression model adjusted for age, religion, education, occupation, BMI, standard of living index, chewing habits, smoking habits, and vegetable and fruit intake was used

Results

Current and past drinkers were each associated with increased risk of developing oral cancer
The hazard ratio increased by 49% among current drinkers and 90% among past drinkers
A dose-response relationship between intake frequency, duration and oral cancer risk was observed

<< Previous
Interventions for treating traumatized necrotic immature...

Next >>
Fluoride ingestion from food items and dentifrice in 2-6-year-old...