title: The association between cigarette smoking and basal cell carcinoma of the eyelids in women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if there is an association between basal cell carcinoma of the eyelid and cigarette smoking.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional, retrospective, case-controlled study was done comparing the prevalence of cigarette smoking in 112 patients with biopsy-proven basal cell carcinoma of the eyelid to age and sex-matched controls with other eyelid disorders. Exposure-odds ratios were computed for each group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with basal cell carcinoma of the eyelid were no more likely to be smokers than controls (odds ratio [OR] 1.78, not statistically significant at the 95% confidence interval [CI]). When divided by sex however, there was an association between cigarette smoking and basal cell carcinoma in women (OR 2.87, statistically significant at the 95% CI) but not in men (OR 1.30, not statistically significant at the 95% CI).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Basal cell carcinoma of the eyelid is associated with cigarette smoking in women but not in men.
authors.affiliation: The Emory Clinic, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Wojno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000453:epidemiology