Table 4 Meta-analysis results of literature evaluating the risk of cancers other than the lung associated with household air pollution
From: Household air pollution and cancers other than lung: a meta-analysis
Number of | Fixed effects model | Heterogeneity (p) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cancer site | Studies | Cases | Controls | OR* | 95% CI | |
Cervical | 4 | 663 | 1747 | 6.46 | 3.12-13.36 | 0.45 |
Oral | 4 | 1000 | 3450 | 2.44 | 1.87- 3.19 | 0.93 |
Nasopharyngeal | 6 | 2231 | 2160 | 1.80 | 1.42- 2.29 | 0.06 |
Pharyngeal | 4 | 1036 | 3746 | 3.56 | 2.22- 5.70 | 0.99 |
Esophageal | 2 | 339 | 1455 | 1.92 | 0.82- 4.49 | 0.53 |
Laryngeal | 5 | 1416 | 4514 | 2.35 | 1.72- 3.21 | 0.49 |