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Table 2 Risk of OSCC by family history of cancer and head and neck cancer in first- and second-degree relatives after exact matching of cases and controls

From: The role of family history of Cancer in Oral Cavity Cancer

 

Cases

n = 255

Controls

n = 255

p-value

OR

95% CI

Family history of cancera

Overall family

  Negative

127 (49.8)

130 (51.0)

0.48

0.95

0.82–1.1

  Positive

128 (50.2)

125 (49.0)

   

  1

72 (28,2)

67 (26.3)

   

  2

31 (12.2)

32 (12.5)

   

  3

22 (8.6)

14 (5.5)

   

  > 3

3 (1.2)

12 (4.9)

   

Parents

  Negative

182 (71.7)

161 (63.4)

< 0.05

0.73

0.55–0.98

  Positive

72 (28.3)

90 (36.6)

   

  One parent

58 (22.8)

72 (28.3)

   

  Both parents

14 (5.5)

18 (8.3)

   

Siblings

  Negative

203 (79.9)

221 (87.0)

< 0.01

1.59

1.17–2.89

  Positive

51 (20.1)

33 (13.0)

   

  1

35 (13,8)

29 (11.4)

   

  2

15 (5.9)

4 (1.6)

   

  3

1 (0.4)

0

   

Children

  Negative

248 (97.2)

250 (98.4)

0.52

1.50

0.42–5.31

  Positive

7 (2.8)

5 (1.6)

   

Second degree

  Negative

228 (89.8)

227 (89.4)

0.30

0.87

0.67–1.13

  Positive

26 (10.2)

27 (10.6)

   

  1

16 (6.3)

15 (5.9)

   

  2

8 (3.1)

5 (2.0)

   

  > 2

2 (0.8)

7 (2.8)

   

Grandparents

  Negative

244 (96.1)

237 (93.3)

0.06

0.53

0.27–1.03

  Positive

10 (3.9)

17 (6.7)

   

  1

10 (3.9)

11 (4.3)

   

  2

0

4 (1.6)

   

  3

0

2 (0.8)

   

Family history of head and neck cancera

 Negative

240 (94.3)

244 (96.6)

0.75

1.11

0.59–2.07

 Positive

15 (5.7)

11 (3.4)

   

 1

14 (5.3)

10 (3.0)

   

 > 1

1 (0.4)

1 (0.4)

   
  1. anumbers do not add to 544 as not all patients reported family history of cancer/head and neck cancer