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ArticleBMC cancer2023

Disparities in oesophageal cancer risk by age, sex, and nativity in Kuwait:1980-2019.

Saeed Akhtar, Ahmad Al-Shammari, Mohammad Al-Huraiti, Fouzan Al-Anjery, Salman Al-Sabah, Anjum Memon, Iqbal Siddique

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Saeed AkhtarDepartment of Community Medicine and Behavioural Sciences, College of Medicine, Kuwait University, PO Box 24923, Safat, 13110, Kuwait. saeed.akhtar@ku.edu.kw.
Ahmad Al-ShammariDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Mohammad Al-HuraitiMinistry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Fouzan Al-AnjeryMinistry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Salman Al-SabahDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Anjum MemonDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK.
Iqbal SiddiqueDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Kuwait University · KWMinistry of Health · KWBrighton and Sussex Medical School · GBMcGill University · CA

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Abstract

backgroundThis cross-sectional cohort study assessed the inequalities in oesophageal carcinoma risk by age, sex and nativity in Kuwait: 1980-2019.

methodsUsing oesophageal cancer incidence data from the Kuwait National Cancer Registry, relevant Kuwaiti population data and World Standard Population as a reference, age-standardized incidence rates (ASIR) (per 100,000 person-years) overall and by subcohorts were computed. The incident oesophageal cancer cases count was overdispersed with excessive structural zeros, therefore, it was analyzed using multivariable zero-inflated negative binomial (ZINB) model.

resultsOverall ASIR of oesophageal cancer was 10.51 (95% CI:  6.62-14.41). The multivariable ZINB model showed that compared with the younger age category (< 30 years), the individuals in higher age groups showed a significant (p < 0.001) increasing tendency to develop the oesophageal cancer.  Furthermore, compared with the non-Kuwaiti residents, the Kuwaiti nationals were significantly (p < 0.001) more likely to develop oesophageal cancer during the study period. Moreover, compared with 1980-84 period, ASIRs steadily and significantly  (p < 0.005) declined in subsequent periods till 2015-19.

conclusionsA high incidence of oesophageal cancer was recorded in Kuwait, which consistently declined from 1980 to 2019. Older adults (aged ≥ 60 years) and, Kuwaiti nationals were at high risk of oesophageal cancer. Focused educational intervention may minimize oesophageal cancer incidence in high-risk groups in this and other similar settings. Future studies may contemplate to evaluate such an intervention.

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CarcinomaEsophageal NeoplasmsAgedCross-Sectional StudiesHumansIncidenceKuwaitAge-standardized incidence rateIncidence rate ratioKuwaitOesophageal carcinomaZero-inflated negative-binomial model

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