Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27517468›Full record

ArticleCancer causes & control : CCC2016

Population mixing and incidence of cancers in adolescents and young adults between 1990 and 2013 in Yorkshire, UK.

A Imam, L Fairley, R C Parslow, R G Feltbower

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cancer causes & control : CCC, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

A ImamDepartment of Paediatrics, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, PMB 3452 Zaria road, Kano, Nigeria.
L FairleyDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Room 8.49, Worsley Building, Clarendon Way, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. l.fairley@leeds.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-4280-6323
R C ParslowDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Room 8.49, Worsley Building, Clarendon Way, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
R G FeltbowerDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Room 8.49, Worsley Building, Clarendon Way, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeEpidemiological evidence suggests a role for an infectious etiology for cancers in teenagers and young adults (TYAs). We investigated this by describing associations between infection transmission using the population mixing (PM) proxy and incidence of cancers in TYAs in Yorkshire, UK.

methodsWe extracted cancer cases from the Yorkshire Specialist Register of Cancer in Children and Young People from 1990 to 2013 (n = 1929). Using multivariable Poisson regression models (adjusting for effects of deprivation and population density), we investigated whether PM was associated with cancer incidence. We included population mixing-population density interaction terms to examine for differences in effects of PM in urban and rural populations.

resultsNonsignificant IRRs were observed for leukemias (IRR 1.20, 95% CI 0.91-1.59), lymphomas (IRR 1.09, 95% CI 0.90-1.32), central nervous system tumors (IRR 1.06, 95% CI 0.80-1.40) and germ cell tumors (IRR 1.14, 95% CI 0.92-1.41). The association between PM and cancer incidence did not vary in urban and rural areas.

conclusionsStudy results suggest PM is not associated with incidence of cancers among TYAs. This effect does not differ between rural and urban settings.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAge FactorsCentral Nervous System NeoplasmsFemaleHumansIncidenceLeukemiaLymphomaMaleNeoplasmsRural PopulationUnited KingdomUrban PopulationYoung AdultCancerPopulation mixingTeenagers and young adults

Identifiers

PMID27517468
PMCPMC5025504

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.