Table 3 Odds ratiosa and 95% confidence intervals for biliary tract cancer in relation to age at gallstone diagnosis and duration of stones, Shanghai, China

From: Gallstones and the risk of biliary tract cancer: a population-based study in China

 

Controls b

Controls c

Gallbladder cancer

Bile duct cancer

Ampulla of Vater cancer

 

n

n

n

OR

95% CI

n

OR

95% CI

n

OR

95% CI

Total

959

902

368

  

191

  

68

  

Duration of gallstones (years)

 No gallstones

735

735

60

1.0

64

1.0

32

1.0

1

74

70

138

24.5

16.4–36.5

63

10.2

6.6–15.7

20

6.5

3.5–12.1

 2–4

23

17

30

23.6

12.1–45.8

7

3.7

1.5–9.1

2

1.7

0.4–7.7

 5–9

47

30

35

14.9

8.5–26.2

11

2.9

1.4–5.9

5

2.4

1.9–6.5

10

80

50

90

23.3

15.0–36.3

37

5.6

3.5–9.0

4

1.1

1.4–3.2

Age at diagnosis of gallstones

 No gallstones

735

735

60

1.0

63

1.0

32

1.0

 <45

28

18

41

25.5

13.6–47.8

16

6.2

3.2–12.2

1

0.8

0.1–6.4

 45–59

82

53

82

19.2

12.4–29.7

42

6.0

3.8–9.4

9

2.6

1.2–5.6

60

114

96

173

24.0

16.2–35.6

62

7.2

4.7–11.1

21

4.2

2.3–7.8

Age at diagnosis of gallstones and duration of gallstones

 No gallstones

735

735

60

1.0

64

1.0

32

1.0

 

 <55, 1 year

8

7

12

16.1

5.7–45.3

7

8.8

2.8–27.1

2

8.3

1.4–49.1

 <55, 2–5 years

2

2

5

22.1

4.1–120.3

2

9.3

1.3–68.7

1

16.5

1.3–204.3

 <55, 6 years

60

38

79

25.6

16.0–38.8

33

6.5

3.9–10.6

4

1.7

0.6–5.1

55, 1 year

66

63

126

25.4

16.7–38.8

56

10.3

6.6–16.2

18

6.8

3.5–12.9

55, 2–5 years

34

26

34

17.7

9.7–32.2

8

2.9

1.3–6.7

2

1.5

0.3–6.8

55, 6 years

54

31

37

16.8

9.4–30.0

12

2.8

1.4–5.6

4

1.7

0.6–5.2

  1. Adjusted for age, sex (if applicable), and education level.
  2. bIncluded all population controls. Bile duct cancer and ampulla of Vater cancer were compared with all population controls.
  3. cExcluded population controls with a history of cholecystectomy (n=55) or unknown history (N=2). Gallbladder cancer cases were compared with this group.