Browsing by Author "Adanja, Benko J. (7003966459)"

Background: In order to test some hypotheses of risk factors for oropharyngeal cancer (neoplasm of base of tongue, palate and tonsils) matched case-control study was conducted in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, during the period 1998-2000. Methods: Study comprised 100 incidence cases with oropharyngeal cancer and 100 controls with some non-malignant diseases of head and neck. Results: According to multivariate analysis, ever smoking, interaction between smoking and alcohol consumption, and occupational exposure to wood dust were found to be independent risk factors for oropharyngeal cancer (odds ratio-OR = 5.10 95% confidence intervals-95% CI = 1.70-15.27, OR = 2.61 95% CI = 1.54-4.41, and OR = 4.16 95% CI = 1.45-11.91, respectively). Conclusion: The results of the present study are in line with other authors , findings showing that smoking and alcohol consumption are the main risk factors for oropharyngeal cancer. The effect of occupational exposure to wood dust warrants further investigation. © 2006 International Society for Preventive Oncology.

Background: In order to test some hypotheses of risk factors for oropharyngeal cancer (neoplasm of base of tongue, palate and tonsils) matched case-control study was conducted in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, during the period 1998-2000. Methods: Study comprised 100 incidence cases with oropharyngeal cancer and 100 controls with some non-malignant diseases of head and neck. Results: According to multivariate analysis, ever smoking, interaction between smoking and alcohol consumption, and occupational exposure to wood dust were found to be independent risk factors for oropharyngeal cancer (odds ratio-OR = 5.10 95% confidence intervals-95% CI = 1.70-15.27, OR = 2.61 95% CI = 1.54-4.41, and OR = 4.16 95% CI = 1.45-11.91, respectively). Conclusion: The results of the present study are in line with other authors , findings showing that smoking and alcohol consumption are the main risk factors for oropharyngeal cancer. The effect of occupational exposure to wood dust warrants further investigation. © 2006 International Society for Preventive Oncology.

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of caffeine consumption during pregnancy on birth weight and its possible interaction with smoking. The sample included 1,011 women who were interviewed during their first 3 days after delivery in one of the hospitals of Belgrade, Yugoslavia. A significant reduction in birth weight was found to be associated with an average caffeine intake of ≤71 mg per day, after adjustment for gestational age, infant sex, parity, and maternal height and weight, but only in infants born to nonsmoking mothers.

Study objective - To determine the influence and the effect of the war in the former Yugoslavia and of the United Nations economic sanctions on mortality from infectious diseases. Design - This was a descriptive study analysing mortality data time series. Setting - Central Serbia, Yugoslavia. Participants - The population of central Serbia was the subject of the study (about six million inhabitants). Measurements - Mortality rates were standardised directly, using the 'European population') as the standard. Regression analysis and analysis of covariance were undertaken. Main results - During the period 1973-93, mortality from infectious diseases showed a decreasing trend. From 1987-90, and in both men and women, mortality from infectious diseases was significantly higher than expected on the basis of the trend for the preceding period (p = 0.020 and p = 0.000). In addition, there was a statistically significant departure from the preceding trend (p = 0.036) in men between 1991 and 1993 (the period of the war and UN sanctions) - the main effect being in younger age groups. Conclusion - The economic crisis in the former Yugoslavia during the 1980s followed by the outbreak of the war and the damaging effects of UN economic sanctions had a distinctly adverse effect on mortality from infectious diseases.

A case-control study comprised 177 patients with various types of thyroid cancer and the same number of hospital controls individually matched by age, sex and place of residence. Malignant tumors were more frequent among first and second degree relatives of cases as compared to controls. The odds ratio (95% confidence interval) was 2.43 (1.33-4.44) and 5.33 (1.77-16.01) respectively. The most frequent were cancers of uterus and stomach with Odds ratio of 6.00 (1.61-22.36) and 9.00 (1.64-49.35). Thyroid cancer was present only in first-degree relatives of two cases and none of controls.

This case-control study comprised 100 histologically verified laryngeal cancer patients and 100 hospital controls matched with cases by sex, age and place of residence. The following variables were tested for their association with cancer of the larynx: marital status, educational level, hard liquor consumption, cigarette smoking, unfavorable working conditions, sudden and frequent temperature changes at work, cold housing, loud speech at work, frequent hoarseness, frequent and persistent cough, persistently swollen neck glands, tonsillectomy and laryngeal surgery. According to conditional logistic regression analysis, significant association with laryngeal cancer was found for unfavourable working conditions for more than 10 years (OR=4.36; 95% CI=1.92-9.91), hard liquor consumption for more than 5 years (OR=2.59; 95% CI=1.14-5.87), cigarette smoking for more than 10 years (OR=7.29; 95% CI=2.41-22.09), tonsillectomy (OR=4.80; 95% CI=1.61-14.30) and frequent and persistent cough prior to disease (OR=8.17; 95% CI=1.72-38.76). © 1995 Kluwer Academic Publishers.