[A case-control study on risk factor of Kaposi's sarcoma in Xinjiang]

Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2005 Sep;26(9):673-5.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Objective: To analyse related risk factors of classic Kaposi' s sarcoma in Xinjiang.

Methods: A 1:4 case-control study was used and the conditional logistic regression model was performed in this study. Cases were followed up in Xinjiang while controls were selected by the same sex, nation and age within 5 years with cases.

Results: Interleukin-6,vascular endothelial growth factor, beta-MG, neopterin, human herpevirus 8, were found to be associated with Kaposi's sarcoma risk in one-way variance model while beta2 -MG and human herpevirus 8 entered the multiple conditional logistic regression model, and their ORs were 1.002(95%CI: 1.000-1.003), 81.041 (95%CI: 1.790-3669.620).

Conclusion: There was a correlate relationship between beta2 -MG and classic Kaposi's sarcoma being found that human herpevirus 8 exposure related factors seemed to have played important roles on classic Kaposi's sarcoma in Xinjiang.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Case-Control Studies
  • China
  • Female
  • Herpesviridae Infections / complications
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Risk Factors
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / complications
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / epidemiology*
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / metabolism