Table 6 Crude ORs and 95% CIs for any mucosal changes or diseases in association with smoking, snuff and alcohol comparing current smokers and former smokers to non-smokers, snuff users to non-snuff users and alcohol heavy users to normal users
Crude OR (95% CI) | p-value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Smoking | ||||
Current smoker | 3.0 (2.11–4.28) | < 0.001 | 2.9 (2.03–4.18) | < 0.001 |
Former smoker | 1.3 (0.93–1.93) | 0.120 | 1.3 (0.89–1.87) | 0.178 |
Non-smoker (reference) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Snuff | ||||
Use occasionally or regularly | 2.6 (1.48–4.70) | 0.001 | 2.4 (1.31–4.36) | 0.005 |
Non-snuff user (reference) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Alcohol | ||||
Heavy user | 1.3 (0.82–1.91) | 0.290 | 0.9 (0.59–1.43) | 0.703 |
Normal user (reference) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||