Age at start of using tobacco on the risk of head and neck cancer: Pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium (INHANCE). Other Scholarly Work

Chang, Chun-Pin, Chang, Shen-Chih, Chuang, Shu-Chun et al. (2019). Age at start of using tobacco on the risk of head and neck cancer: Pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium (INHANCE). . 63 101615. 10.1016/j.canep.2019.101615

cited authors

  • Chang, Chun-Pin; Chang, Shen-Chih; Chuang, Shu-Chun; Berthiller, Julien; Ferro, Gilles; Matsuo, Keitaro; Wünsch-Filho, Victor; Toporcov, Tatiana N; de Carvalho, Marcos Brasilino; La Vecchia, Carlo; Olshan, Andrew F; Zevallos, Jose P; Serraino, Diego; Muscat, Joshua; Sturgis, Erich M; Li, Guojun; Morgenstern, Hal; Levi, Fabio; Dal Maso, Luigino; Smith, Elaine; Kelsey, Karl; McClean, Michael; Vaughan, Thomas L; Lazarus, Philip; Ramroth, Heribert; Chen, Chu; Schwartz, Stephen M; Winn, Deborah M; Bosetti, Cristina; Edefonti, Valeria; Garavello, Werner; Negri, Eva; Hayes, Richard B; Purdue, Mark P; Boccia, Stefania; Cadoni, Gabriella; Shangina, Oxana; Koifman, Rosalina; Curado, Maria Paula; Vilensky, Marta; Swiatkowska, Beata; Herrero, Rolando; Franceschi, Silvia; Benhamou, Simone; Fernandez, Leticia; Menezes, Ana MB; Daudt, Alexander W; Mates, Dana; Schantz, Stimson; Yu, Guo-Pei; Lissowska, Jolanta; Brenner, Hermann; Fabianova, Eleonora; Rudnai, Peter; Brennan, Paul; Boffetta, Paolo; Zhang, Zuo-Feng; Hashibe, Mia; Lee, Yuan-Chin Amy

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abstract

  • Background

    Tobacco use is a well-established risk factor for head and neck cancer (HNC). However, less is known about the potential impact of exposure to tobacco at an early age on HNC risk.

    Methods

    We analyzed individual-level data on ever tobacco smokers from 27 case-control studies (17,146 HNC cases and 17,449 controls) in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology (INHANCE) consortium. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using random-effects logistic regression models.

    Results

    Without adjusting for tobacco packyears, we observed that younger age at starting tobacco use was associated with an increased HNC risk for ever smokers (OR<10 years vs. ≥30 years: 1.64, 95% CI: 1.35, 1.97). However, the observed association between age at starting tobacco use and HNC risk became null after adjusting for tobacco packyears (OR<10 years vs. ≥30 years: 0.97, 95% CI: 0.80, 1.19). In the stratified analyses on HNC subsites by tobacco packyears or years since quitting, no difference in the association between age at start and HNC risk was observed.

    Conclusions

    Results from this pooled analysis suggest that increased HNC risks observed with earlier age at starting tobacco smoking are largely due to longer duration and higher cumulative tobacco exposures.

publication date

  • December 1, 2019

keywords

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Female
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Factors
  • Tobacco

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Medium

  • Print-Electronic

start page

  • 101615

volume

  • 63