The loss of many teeth did not result in an elevated risk of liver cancer mortality in a study involving Swedish adults (hazard ratio 1.26, 95% confidence interval 0.55‐2.90), 10 but risk of death from liver cancer was near significance in an elderly Japanese cohort (hazard ratio 1.07, 95% confidence interval 0.98‐1.17). 56 Only 13 deaths from liver cancer were recorded in this study. 11.3.
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