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Table 2 Tobacco smoking, betel nut chewing and alcohol drinking vs. mortality at 3 and 5 years.

From: The effect of tobacco and alcohol and their reduction/cessation on mortality in oral cancer patients: short communication

Category

3-years survival

5-years survival

Cause of death

Non-smoker

9/12

8/12

Regional met

Ex-smoker

4/6

3/6

Non-cancer related

Chronic Smoker (< 5 cig/day)

3/3

2/3

Regional met

Chronic Smoker (5-9 cig/day)

2/6

2/6

Regional met

Chronic Smoker (10-14 cig/day)

0/1

0/1

Regional met

Chronic Smoker (15-19 cig/day)

0/1

0/1

Regional met

Chronic Smoker (≥ 20 cig/day)

4/37 (P < 0.001)

4/37 (P < 0.001)

Regional and distant met

Reduction of smoking

10/12 (P < 0.001)

9/12 (P < 0.001)

Regional and distant met

Cessation of smoking

11/13 (P < 0.001)

10/13 (P < 0.001)

Regional and distant met

Betel chewing

2/6

1/6

Regional and distant met

Non-drinker

9/20

9/20

Cancer and non-cancer

Ex-drinker

1/1

1/1

Cancer and non-cancer

Chronic drinker (< 10 u/week)

2/2

2/2

Cancer and non-cancer

Chronic drinker (10-20 u/week)

3/9

4/9

Non-cancer related

Chronic drinker (> 20 u/week)

7/35

3/35

Regional and distant met

Alcohol reduction

10/15 (P < 0.001)

9/15 (P < 0.001)

Non-cancer related

Alcohol cessation

8/9 (P < 0.001)

7/9 (P < 0.001)

Regional met

  1. Also the effect of smoking and drinking reduction/cessation on the mortality. Causes of death have been identified