Abstract
Diet has not been investigated as a potential risk factor for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas in the Syrian Arab Republic. In a hospital-based, unmatched case-control study 108 people with cancer and 105 controls were interviewed about dietary intake using a validated food frequency questionnaire in Arabic. Sociodemographic and health risk behavioural information were collected by a self-completed questionnaire. Adjusting for age, sex, education level, working status and tobacco smoking, the multiple regression analysis showed that low intake of vegetables (OR 3.8; 95% CI: 1.57-9.10), cereal/cereal products (OR 2.6; 95% CI: 1.12-5.99) and high-caffeine beverages (OR 3.2; 95% CI: 1.34-7.43) increased the risk of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas, whereas a low level of fats and oils intake decreased the risk (OR 0.6; 95% CI: 0.24-1.30). These findings should be considered in national health promotion programmes in the Syrian Arab Republic.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 629-634 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Oct 2015 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/epidemiology
- Case-Control Studies
- Diet
- Female
- Head and Neck Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Risk Factors
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Syria/epidemiology
