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Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2012;13(11):5489-95.
Natphopsuk S, Settheetham-Ishida W, Sinawat S, Pientong C, Yuenyao P, Ishida T.
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Department of Physiology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Abstract below; full text is at http://www.apocpcontrol.org/page/apjcp_issues_view.php?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:23317205&key=2012.13.11.5489
Cervical cancer is a serious public health problem in Thailand. We investigated possible risk factors for cervical cancer including HPV infection, p53 polymorphism, smoking and reproductive history among women in Northeast Thailand using a case control study with 177 cases and age-matched controls. Among the HPV carriers, a significantly increased risk for cervical cancer with an OR of 36.97 (p<0.001) and an adjusted OR of 38.07 (p<0.001) were observed. Early age at first sexual exposure, and multiple sexual partners increased the risk of cervical cancer with ORs ranging between 1.73-2.78 (p<0.05). The interval between menarche and first sexual intercourse<6 years resulted in a significant increase in the risk for cervical cancer with ORs ranging between 3.32-4.09 and the respective adjusted OR range for the 4-5 and 2-3 year-old groups were 4.09 and 2.92. A higher risk was observed among subjects whose partner had smoking habits, whether currently or formerly; with respective ORs of 3.36 (p<0.001) and 2.17 (p<0.05); and respective adjusted ORs of 2.90 (p<0.05) and 3.55 (p<0.05). Other smoking characteristics of the partners including smoking duration≥20 years, number of cigarettes smokes≥20 pack-years and exposure time of the subject to passive smoking≥5 hrs per day were found to be statistically significant risks for cervical cancer with adjusted ORs of 3.75, 4.04 and 11.8, respectively. Our data suggest that the risk of cervical cancer in Thai women is substantially associated with smoking characteristics of the partner(s), the interval between menarche and first sexual intercourse as well as some other aspects of sexual behavior.
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