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Alcoholism and Risk for Cancer of the Cervix Uteri, Vagina, and Vulva

Elisabete Weiderpass, Weimin Ye, Rulla Tamimi, Dimitrios Trichopolous, Olof Nyren, Harri Vainio and Hans-Olov Adami
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DOI:  Published August 2001
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    SIR with 95% CI of developing cancer of the cervix during 1–28 years of follow-up among 36,856 women who were hospitalized between 1965 and 1994 for alcoholism in Sweden

    Cervix, in situCervix, invasive ICD-7 code 171
    ObservedSIR95% CIObservedSIR95% CI
    Total5021.71.6–1.91292.92.4–3.5
    Age at follow-upa
     <351801.51.3–1.8163.21.8–5.2
     35–492461.81.6–2.0402.41.7–3.2
     50–59552.41.8–3.1353.72.6–5.2
     60+212.71.7–4.2382.92.1–4.0
    • a Age at cancer diagnosis.

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    SIR with 95% CI of developing cancer of the vagina and vulva during 1–28 years of follow-up among 36,856 women who were hospitalized between 1965 and 1994 for alcoholism in Sweden

    Vulvaa ICD-7 code 176.0Vagina ICD-7 code 176.1
    ObservedSIR95% CIObservedSIR95% CI
    Total81.00.4–2.0104.62.2–8.5
    Age at follow-upb
     <500——12.50.1–14.1
     50+81.20.5–2.495.12.3–9.7
    • a Using expected rates specifically for vulva squamous cell carcinoma, the overall SIR was 1.1 (95% CI, 0.5–2.2).

    • b Age at cancer diagnosis.

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