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ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2008

Differences in mortality and incidence for major sites of cancer by education level in a Japanese population.

Nobuo Nishi, Hiromi Sugiyama, Wan-Ling Hsu, Midori Soda, Fumiyoshi Kasagi, Kiyohiko Mabuchi, Kazunori Kodama

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Article in Annals of epidemiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nobuo NishiDepartment of Epidemiology, Hiroshima Laboratory, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan. nnishi@rerf.or.jp
Hiromi Sugiyama
Wan-Ling Hsu
Midori Soda
Fumiyoshi Kasagi
Kiyohiko Mabuchi
Kazunori Kodama
Radiation Effects Research Foundation · JPDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics

Funding

BIOASSAY BY TRACHEAL ORGAN CULTURE SYSTEMN01CP031012 · CP · IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI SCHIFF, LEONARD J · 1985 to 1985
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STUDIES ON ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORSZ01CP010134 · CP · CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS · PI LAND, CHARLES · 1996 to 2006
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Intramural NIH HHSNCI NIH HHS N01 CP031012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe aimed to examine the relationships between education and mortality and incidence for major sites of cancer in a Japanese population.

methodsSubjects were 32,883 respondents of questionnaire survey in 1978 with ages younger than 75 years. Cancer cases were ascertained through 2001, and causes of deaths were identified through 2003. Hazard ratios of deaths from cancer or developing cancers were compared among those with 9 or less, 10-12, and 13 years or more of education using Cox proportional hazard models.

resultsAs for cancer mortality of all sites combined, a statistically significantly decreasing trend was observed in age-adjusted models in both men and women, but no significant differences were observed in multivariate-adjusted (age, body mass index, smoking, radiation dose, and city) models. Among major cancer sites (stomach, colon/rectum, liver, lung, and female breast) examined, a significantly decreasing trend was observed for male liver cancer in a multivariate-adjusted model. As for incidence, a significantly decreasing trend was observed for cancer of all sites combined in men, and for male liver and prostate cancer and female lung cancer in a multivariate-adjusted model.

conclusionsEducational differences in cancer incidence and mortality were generally rather small, but were significant for incidence for male all-site, male liver, prostate, and female lung cancers.

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Educational StatusAdultAgedChi-Square DistributionCohort StudiesFemaleHumansIncidenceJapanMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsNeoplasms, Radiation-InducedNuclear WeaponsRegistriesSocioeconomic Factors

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