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Table 1 Meta-analysis results: Change in odds ratio of liver cancer after an additional year not drinking

From: How the risk of liver cancer changes after alcohol cessation: A review and meta-analysis of the current literature

 

Compared to current drinkers

Compared to just quitters

Model

1

2

3

4

5

6

Dose (A year of not drinking)

1.08

1.40

1.07

0.94

0.93

0.93

Dose squared

 

0.98

1.00

   

Controls for:

      

Study characteristics*

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Radiation fall out

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Quit in last ten years

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

Dose*Study characteristics

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Q statistic #

144.3

55.8

15.9

19.0

18.1

6.6

  1. *Study characteristics = 1 if the study was in Japan, a prospective cohort design, had no minimum gap between giving up drinking and joining study, and no controls for hepatitis. # pr>Chi2 that there is no heterogeneity according to the Q statistic. Bold represents statistically significant figures at the 95% confidence level, or Q statistic finds no heterogeneity