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The marginal causal effect of opium consumption on the upper gastrointestinal cancer death using parametric g-formula: An analysis of 49,946 cases in the Golestan Cohort Study, Iran.

Abstract
Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) cancer, including esophageal and gastric, is one of the most common cancers in the world. Hence, the determination of risk factors of UGI helps to reduce the economic and social burden of this cancer in communities. In Iran, the consumption of opium because of its neighborhood with Afghanistan are considerable. In this study, we examine the causal effect of opium use on the time to UGI cancer death. Based on the Golestan Cohort Study (GCS) in northeastern of Iran, about 50000 adults were enrolled to the study for four years (2004-2008) and followed annually until July 2018. We used "parametric g-formula" to study the causal effect of opium use on the time to death due to UGI. In this study, the information of 49946 individuals due to missingness were analyzed. So the median of follow-up time was 144 months and the prevalence of opium use was 17% (about 8489 persons). During the follow-up period, 593 (1.2%) death from upper gastrointestinal cancer were reported. The study showed that the effect of opium use on the time to UGI death was statistically significant (adjusted risk-ratio based on parametric g-formula = 1.31, 95% CI: [1.04, 1.65]). Additionally, the Population Attributable Fraction (PAF) in UGI cancer deaths of opium use was estimated 5.3% (95% CI: [0.6%, 11.3%]). Our results showed a causal effect of opium use on the intensity of upper gastrointestinal cancer death.
AuthorsNeda Mohammadi, Masoomeh Alimohammadian, Akbar Feizesani, Hossein Poustchi, Ahad Alizadeh, Mehdi Yaseri, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Alireza Sadjadi
JournalPloS one (PLoS One) Vol. 16 Issue 1 Pg. e0246004 ( 2021) ISSN: 1932-6203 [Electronic] United States
PMID33493241 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Opium
Topics
  • Adult
  • Esophageal Neoplasms (etiology, mortality)
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms (etiology, mortality)
  • Humans
  • Iran (epidemiology)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Opium (adverse effects)
  • Opium Dependence (complications, epidemiology)
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors
  • Smoking (adverse effects)

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