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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 238-241 |
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A case-control study of bidi smoking and bronchogenic carcinoma
R Prasad1, RC Ahuja2, S Singhal1, AN Srivastava3, P James1, V Kesarwani1, D Singh1
1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Chatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Medical University (Erstwhile K.G. Medical University), Lucknow, India
2 Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Chatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Medical University (Erstwhile K.G. Medical University), Lucknow, India
3 Department of Pathology, Era's Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, India
Correspondence Address:
R Prasad
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Chatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow - 226 003
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.69116 PMID: 20981185 
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Objective : To evaluate the risks imposed by tobacco smoking, in particular, bidi smoking, in the development of lung cancer.
Methods : Two hundred eighty-four histologically confirmed patients of bronchogenic carcinoma and 852 controls matched for age, sex, and socioeconomic status were interviewed according to a predesigned questionnaire. Effects of individual variables defining the various aspects of tobacco smoking, in particular, bidi smoking, were assessed using logistic regression models.
Results : 81.3% cases of bronchogenic carcinoma were ever smokers as compared with 42.2% among controls. The odd ratios for ever smoking, bidi smoking, and cigarette smoking were 5.9 (confidence interval [CI] 4.3, 8.4), 6.1 (CI 4.3, 8.7), and 5.3 (CI 2.7, 10.4), respectively.
Conclusion : Bidi smoking poses a very high risk for lung cancer even more than that of cigarette smoking. |
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