Interaction between tobacco smoking and hepatitis B virus infection on the risk of liver cancer in a Chinese population

• Published in: International journal of cancer Vol. 142; no. 8; pp. 1560 - 1567
• Main Authors: Liu, Xing, Baecker, Aileen, Wu, Ming, Zhou, Jin‐Yi, Yang, Jie, Han, Ren‐Qiang, Wang, Pei‐Hua, Jin, Zi‐Yi, Liu, Ai‐Min, Gu, Xiaoping, Zhang, Xiao‐Feng, Wang, Xu‐Shan, Su, Ming, Hu, Xu, Sun, Zheng, Li, Gang, Mu, Lina, He, Na, Li, Liming, Zhao, Jin‐Kou, Zhang, Zuo‐Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 15.04.2018
• Subjects: Asian People; Bayes Theorem; Bayesian analysis; Cancer; Case-Control Studies; Chinese population; Epidemiology; Female; Health risk assessment; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B - blood; Hepatitis B - complications; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - blood; Hepatitis B virus - pathogenicity; Humans; Infections; interaction; Liver cancer; Liver Neoplasms - blood; Liver Neoplasms - etiology; Liver Neoplasms - virology; Male; Medical research; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; population attributable risk; Population studies; Risk Factors; Smoking; Smoking - adverse effects; Statistical analysis; Tobacco; Tobacco smoking; Tobacco Smoking - adverse effects; China; Chinese population; interaction; tobacco smoking; liver cancer; population attributable risk

Although tobacco smoking has been reported as a risk factor for liver cancer, few studies have specifically explored the association among Chinese females and the potential interaction between smoking and other risk factors. A population‐based case–control study was conducted and 2,011 liver cancer...