Dose-response relationship between active smoking and lung cancer mortality/prevalence in the Chinese population: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The dose‒response relationship-based relative risk (RR) of smoking exposure could better predict the risk of lung cancer than the dichotomous RR. To date, there is a lack of large-scale representative studies illustrating the dose‒response relationship between smoking exposure and lung cancer deaths, and no study has systematically pooled the current evidence in the Chinese population.

Objectives

To elucidate the dose‒response relationship of smoking and the risk of lung cancer mortality in the Chinese population.

Methods

Data were derived from studies on dose‒response relationships of smoking exposure and the risk of lung cancer among Chinese adults published before June 30^th, 2021. Based on smoking exposure indicators and RR of lung cancer mort

SUBMITTER: Ai F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10124028 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature