Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Kunming Medical University, China
Research Article
Association of Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Allergy with the Risk of Gastrointestinal Cancer
Author(s): Zhou Xi, Wang Weihong*, Li Jingyi, Shao Tianbo, Zhou Zhen, Liu Dajin and Pan Guoqing
Objective: To investigate the association of hepatitis B virus infection and allergy with gastrointestinal carcinogenesis,
to provide a basis for risk factor identification among gastrointestinal cancer (GICA) risk populations, and for
studies concerning the CICA etiology.
Material and methods: Clinical data of 2,375 GICA patients hospitalized from 2009 to 2020 were retrospectively analyzed,
with 48,496 non-oncologic patients in the departments of psychiatry, neurology and cardiology as controls,
totaling 50,871 patients. The data were processed using R software and SPSS22.0 for 1:4 propensity score matching.
Results: Overall, HBsAg positivity rate was 3.3% for 50,871 patients. A total of 11,872 patients completed the 1:4
propensity score matching, including 2,375 patients with GICA and 9,497 controls. H.. View More»