Allergies and risk of pancreatic cancer: A pooled analysis from the pancreatic cancer case-control consortium Journal Article
| Authors: | Olson, S. H.; Hsu, M.; Satagopan, J. M.; Maisonneuve, P.; Silverman, D. T.; Lucenteforte, E.; Anderson, K. E.; Borgida, A.; Bracci, P. M.; Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B.; Cotterchio, M.; Dai, Q.; Duell, E. J.; Fontham, E. H.; Gallinger, S.; Holly, E. A.; Ji, B. T.; Kurtz, R. C.; La Vecchia, C.; Lowenfels, A. B.; Luckett, B.; Ludwig, E.; Petersen, G. M.; Polesel, J.; Seminara, D.; Strayer, L.; Talamini, R. |
| Article Title: | Allergies and risk of pancreatic cancer: A pooled analysis from the pancreatic cancer case-control consortium |
| Abstract: | In order to quantify the risk of pancreatic cancer associated with history of any allergy and specific allergies, to investigate differences in the association with risk according to age, gender, smoking status, or body mass index, and to study the influence of age at onset, we pooled data from 10 case-control studies. In total, there were 3,567 cases and 9,145 controls. Study-specific odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated by using unconditional logistic regression adjusted for age, gender, smoking status, and body mass index. Between-study heterogeneity was assessed by using the Cochran Q statistic. Study-specific odds ratios were pooled by using a random-effects model. The odds ratio for any allergy was 0.79 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.62, 1.00) with heterogeneity among studies (P < 0.001). Heterogeneity was attributable to one study; with that study excluded, the pooled odds ratio was 0.73 (95% CI: 0.64, 0.84) (Pheterogeneity = 0.23). Hay fever (odds ratio = 0.74, 95% CI: 0.56, 0.96) and allergy to animals (odds ratio = 0.62, 95% CI: 0.41, 0.94) were related to lower risk, while there was no statistically significant association with other allergies or asthma. There were no major differences among subgroups defined by age, gender, smoking status, or body mass index. Older age at onset of allergies was slightly more protective than earlier age. © 2013 © The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | aged; middle aged; case-control studies; review; cancer risk; pancreas cancer; pancreatic neoplasms; allergy; risk factors; smoking; groups by age; age; risk assessment; animalia; confidence interval; allergic rhinitis; body mass; body mass index; systematic review; sex difference; asthma; age distribution; health risk; gender; onset age; socioeconomic factors; sex distribution; heterogeneity; hypersensitivity; hay fever |
| Journal Title: | American Journal of Epidemiology |
| Volume: | 178 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9262 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Date Published: | 2013-09-01 |
| Start Page: | 691 |
| End Page: | 700 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1093/aje/kwt052 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC3755648 |
| PUBMED: | 23820785 |
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| Notes: | --- - "Export Date: 1 October 2013" - "CODEN: AJEPA" - "Source: Scopus" |
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