Association of antibiotic use with risk of lung cancer: A nationwide cohort study.

J Infect Public Health

Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address:

Published: July 2023

Background: Although recent studies indicated that antibiotics may be a risk factor for lung cancer, further understanding is needed. We investigated the association of long-term antibiotic exposure with lung cancer risk.

Methods: This population-based retrospective cohort study investigated 6,214,926 participants aged ≥ 40 years who underwent health screening examinations (2005-2006) from the Korean National Health Insurance Service database. The date of the final follow-up was December 31, 2019. Exposures were the cumulative days of antibiotics prescription and the number of antibiotics classes. The adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for lung cancer risk according to antibiotic use were assessed using multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression.

Results: Compared with the antibiotic non-user group, participants with ≥ 365 days of antibiotics prescribed had a significantly increased risk of lung cancer (aHR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.16-1.26). Participants with ≥ 365 days of antibiotics prescribed also had a significantly increased risk of lung cancer (aHR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.17-1.24) than 1-14 days of the antibiotic user group. The results were also consistent in competing risk analyses and adjusted Cox regression models that fitted restricted cubic spline. Compared with the antibiotic non-user group, ≥ 5 antibiotic classes prescribed group had a higher lung cancer risk (aHR, 1.15; 95% CI, 1.10-1.21).

Conclusion: The long-term cumulative days of antibiotic use and the increasing number of antibiotics classes were associated with an increased risk of lung cancer in a clear duration-dependent manner after adjusting for various risk factors.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2023.05.006DOI Listing

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