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> it has been difficult to establish whether alcohol directly causes cancer, or if it is linked to possible confounding factors (such as smoking and diet) that
by 1penny42cents 5y ago
> it has been difficult to establish whether alcohol directly causes cancer, or if it is linked to possible confounding factors (such as smoking and diet) that could generate biased results.
> It was also unclear whether alcohol is linked to other types of cancer, including lung and stomach cancers.
If smoking was a confounding variable, shouldn't we see an increased risk of smoking-related cancers?
- jb1991 5y agoI’m not sure if you’re being sarcastic or not, but we certainly do see an increase in lung cancer among people who smoke regularly.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoAren't lung cancer patient chances of having it on the order of 1000x to 1 as far a smoker vs who has never smoked?
- asimpletune 5y agoHe was saying that there should be an increased % of smoking-related cancers among people who drink, due to smoking smoking being a confounding factor when trying to determine causality with alcohol-related cancers. I.e. People who drink, smoke.