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ArticleNepal journal of epidemiology2015

Evaluation of Female Breast Cancer Risk Among the Betel Quid Chewer: A Bio-Statistical Assessment in Assam, India.

Nijara Rajbongshi, Lipi B Mahanta, Dilip C Nath

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Nijara RajbongshiCentral Computational and Numerical Studies, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology , Paschim Boragaon, Guwahati-781035, Assam, India.
Lipi B MahantaCentral Computational and Numerical Studies, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology , Paschim Boragaon, Guwahati-781035, Assam, India.
Dilip C NathDepartment of Statistics, Gauhati University , Assam.

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backgroundBreast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among the female population of Assam, India. Chewing of betel quid with or without tobacco is common practice among female population of this region. Moreoverthe method of preparing the betel quid is different from other parts of the country.So matched case control study is conducted to analyse whetherbetel quid chewing plays a significant role in the high incidence of breast cancer occurrences in Assam. METHODS AND MATERIAL: Here, controls are matched to the cases by age at diagnosis (±5 years), family income and place of residence with matching ratio 1:1. Conditional logistic regression models and odd ratios (OR) was used to draw conclusions.

resultsIt is observed that cases are more habituated to chewing habits than the controls.Further the conditional logistic regression analysis reveals that betel quid chewer faces 2.353 times more risk having breast cancer than the non-chewer with p value 0.0003 (95% CI 1.334-4.150).

conclusionThough the female population in Assam usually does not smoke, the addictive habits typical to this region have equal effect on the occurrence of breast cancer.

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Betel QuidBreast CancerConditional Logistic RegressionMatched Case Control StudyOdds ratio

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PMID26913209
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