Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

Oesophageal cancer

Air pollution and oesophageal cancer risk

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 20, page 344 (2023)Cite this article

Subjects

A prospective study of Chinese individuals (n = 510,125) showed that long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) increased the risk of oesophageal cancer. For each 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5, the hazard ratio was 1.16 (95% CI 1.04–1.30) for oesophageal cancer incidence. The population attributable risk owing to an annual average PM2.5 concentration ≥35 μg/m3 was 23.3% (95% CI 6.6–40.0%), higher than the risks attributable to lifestyle factors, such as smoking and hot tea preference.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Rent or buy this article

Prices vary by article type

from$1.95

to$39.95

Learn more

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

Original article

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology http://www.nature.com/nrgastro/

    Eleni Kotsiliti

Authors
  1. Eleni Kotsiliti
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Eleni Kotsiliti.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and Permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Kotsiliti, E. Air pollution and oesophageal cancer risk. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 20, 344 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-023-00786-z

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-023-00786-z

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing