Drinking hot beverages is not associated with risk of oesophageal cancers in a Western population

P Terry; J Lagergren; A Wolk; O Nyrén

doi:10.1054/bjoc.2000.1561

Drinking hot beverages is not associated with risk of oesophageal cancers in a Western population

Br J Cancer. 2001 Jan 5;84(1):120-1. doi: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1561.

Authors

P Terry¹, J Lagergren, A Wolk, O Nyrén

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Box 281, Stockholm, SE-171 77. [email protected]

Abstract

We performed a nationwide population-based case-control study of hot beverage consumption and oesophageal cancer in Sweden. Drinking beverages very hot did not increase the risk for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma, oesophageal adenocarcinoma, or gastric cardia adenocarcinoma.

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / epidemiology
Adenocarcinoma / etiology*
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Beverages / adverse effects*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / epidemiology
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / etiology*
Cardia*
Case-Control Studies
Child
Child, Preschool
Esophageal Neoplasms / epidemiology
Esophageal Neoplasms / etiology*
Hot Temperature / adverse effects*
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Stomach Neoplasms / epidemiology
Stomach Neoplasms / etiology*
Sweden / epidemiology