Skip to main content

Table 2 Comparison of hepatitis prevalence between breast cancer patients and non-breast cancer subjects in 2000-2008

From: Association between chronic viral hepatitis infection and breast cancer risk: a nationwide population-based case-control study

Viral hepatitis B & C

Total N= 9790

Breast cancer

  
   

No N= 7832

Yes N= 1958

  
 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

ORa

(95% CI)

No

8862

(90.5)

7102

(90.7)

1760

(89.9)

1.00

(reference)

HCV

234

(2.4)

178

(2.3)

56

(2.9)

1.28

(0.95-1.75)

HBV

603

(6.2)

480

(6.1)

123

(6.3)

1.05

(0.85-1.28)

HBV + HCV

91

(0.9)

72

(0.9)

19

(1.0)

1.08

(0.65-1.80)

  1. aAdjusted for area, occupation, urbanization, and income
Back to article page

BMC Cancer

ISSN: 1471-2407

Contact us