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Lifestyle habits and genetic susceptibility and the risk of esophageal cancer in the Thai population.
Cancer letters - 5 Dec 2002
Boonyaphiphat Pleumjit, Thongsuksai Paramee, Sriplung Hutcha, Puttawibul Puttisak
Abstract excerpt
The association of lifestyle habits and polymorphism of ADH2 and ALDH2 genes with the risk of esophageal cancer in Thai population was investigated in a hospital-based case-control study: 202 cases and 261 controls. The results of multivariate logistic analysis showed that alcohol consumption >60g/day, smoking >10 cigarettes/day and chewing betel >or=10 quids/day significantly increased risk (odds ratio (OR)...
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