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| Title |
The effects of pulmonary diseases on histologic types of lung cancer in both sexes: a population-based study in Taiwan
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| Published in |
BMC Cancer, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12885-015-1847-z |
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| Authors |
Jing-Yang Huang, Zhi-Hong Jian, Oswald Ndi Nfor, Wen-Yuan Ku, Pei-Chieh Ko, Chia-Chi Lung, Chien-Chang Ho, Hui-Hsien Pan, Chieh-Ying Huang, Yu-Chiu Liang, Yung-Po Liaw |
| Abstract |
The associations between pulmonary diseases (asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], and tuberculosis [TB]) and subsequent lung cancer risk have been reported, but few studies have investigated the association with different histologic types of lung cancer. Patients newly diagnosed with lung cancer from 2004 to 2008 were identified from the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. Histologic types of lung cancer were further confirmed using the Taiwan Cancer Registry Database. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to calculate the hazard ratio (HR) of asthma, COPD, and TB and to estimate the risk of specific types of lung cancer. During the study period, 32,759 cases of lung cancer were identified from 15,219,024 insurants aged 20 years and older. In men and women, the adjusted HR estimates of squamous cell carcinoma were respectively 1.37 (95 % confidence interval [CI], 1.21-1.54) and 2.10 (95 % CI, 1.36-3.23) for TB, 1.52 (95 % CI, 1.42-1.64) and 1.50 (95 % CI, 1.21-1.85) for asthma, and 1.66 (95 % CI, 1.56-1.76) and 1.44 (95 % CI, 1.19-1.74) for COPD. Similarly, the adjusted HR estimates of adenocarcinoma were respectively 1.33 (95 % CI, 1.19-1.50) and 1.86 (95 % CI, 1.57-2.19) for TB, 1.13 (95 % CI, 1.05-1.21) and 1.18 (95 % CI, 1.09-1.28) for asthma, and 1.50 (95 % CI, 1.42-1.59) and 1.33 (95 % CI, 1.25-1.42) for COPD. The HRs of small cell carcinoma were respectively 1.24 (95 % CI, 1.01-1.52) and 2.23 (95 % CI, 1.17-4.25) for TB, 1.51 (95 % CI, 1.35-1.69) and 1.63 (95 % CI, 1.16-2.27) for asthma, and 1.39 (95 % CI, 1.26-1.53) and 1.78 (95 % CI, 1.33-2.39) for COPD. Asthma, COPD, and TB were associated with an increased risk of all major subtypes of lung cancer. The risk was the highest among women with TB. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 56 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 16% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 10 | 17% |
| Unknown | 17 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 41% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 3% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 12% |
| Unknown | 20 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 July 2016.
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