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Table 3 Combined effect of smoking, alcohol consumption, and HPV16 serology on risk of OSCC, stratified by tumor sites

From: Joint effect of human papillomavirus exposure, smoking and alcohol on risk of oral squamous cell carcinoma

Risk factors

HPV16 status

Controls

(n = 433)

Cases (n = 377)

n

%

OSCC (All cases)

SCCOP

SCCOC

n

%

aORa (95% CI)

n

%

aORa (95% CI)

n

%

aORa (95% CI)

      

211

56.0

 

166

44.0

 

Smoking

 Never

 − 

106

24.5

65

17.2

1.0

27

12.8

1.0

38

22.9

1.0

 + 

40

9.2

50

13.3

2.1 (1.2–3.6)

45

21.3

4.9 (2.6–9.2)

5

3.0

0.3 (0.1–0.9)

 Ever

 − 

273

63.1

203

53.9

1.2 (0.8–1.7)

94

44.6

1.4 (0.8–2.4)

109

65.7

1.2 (0.7–1.9)

 + 

14

3.2

59

15.6

6.8 (3.4–13.4)

45

21.3

13.0 (6.0–27.7)

14

8.4

2.5 (1.0–6.1)

Alcohol consumption

 Never

 − 

137

31.6

60

15.9

1.00

22

10.4

1.0

38

22.9

1.0

 + 

15

3.5

28

7.4

2.3 (1.7–8.8)

20

9.5

5.1 (3.0–20.7)

8

4.8

1.5 (0.6–4.0)

 Ever

 − 

242

55.9

208

55.2

1.8 (1.2–2.7)

99

46.9

1.8 (1.2–4.1)

109

65.7

1.4 (0.8–2.2)

 + 

39

9.0

81

21.5

4.8 (2.9–8.0)

70

33.3

10.8 (5.8–20.1)

11

6.6

0.8 (0.3–1.8)

  1. aaORs: Adjusted by age, sex, ethnicity and/or smoking, alcohol consumption, and HPV16 serology in logistic regression models