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. 2017 Mar 27;20(9):1609–1616. doi: 10.1017/S1368980017000453

Table 2.

Associations between prevalent colorectal adenoma and quartile of Energy-Density Dietary Inflammatory Index (E-DII) score in the screening-arm participants (n 44 255) by sex; Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial, USA, 1993–2000

Quartile 1 (least Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Quartile 4 (most inflammatory) Wald χ 2
inflammatory; reference) OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI P trend
Men (n 23 788)§
All distal adenoma <0·0001
No. of cases 327 496 741 1091
Multivariable-adjusted OR (95 % CI) 1·00 1·06 0·92, 1·23 1·28 1·12, 1·47 1·41 1·23, 1·62
Non-advanced adenoma 0·0002
No. of cases 193 310 449 630
Multivariable-adjusted OR (95 % CI) 1·00 1·14 0·95, 1·38 1·34 1·12, 1·60 1·42 1·19, 1·68
Advanced adenoma 0·0003
No. of cases 129 184 284 441
Multivariable-adjusted OR (95 % CI) 1·00 0·97 0·77, 1·22 1·21 0·98, 1·50 1·39 1·13, 1·71
Multiple adenomas (>1) 0·0004
No. of cases 80 136 193 327
Multivariable-adjusted OR (95 % CI) 1·00 1·18 0·89, 1·56 1·32 1·01, 1·72 1·63 1·26, 2·11
Women (n 20 467)
All distal adenoma 0·03
No. of cases 469 358 356 225
Multivariable-adjusted OR (95 % CI) 1·00 0·90 0·78, 1·04 1·13 0·98, 1·31 1·08 0·91, 1·29
Non-advanced adenoma 0·07
No. of cases 291 222 217 142
Multivariable-adjusted OR (95 % CI) 1·00 0·92 0·77, 1·10 1·14 0·95, 1·38 1·17 0·94, 1·45
Advanced adenoma 0·29
No. of cases 177 132 135 83
Multivariable-adjusted OR (95 % CI) 1·00 0·86 0·68, 1·08 1·09 0·86, 1·38 0·96 0·72, 1·27
Multiple adenomas (>1) 0·06
No. of cases 91 60 69 57
Multivariable-adjusted OR (95 % CI) 1·00 0·77 0·55, 1·07 1·08 0·79, 1·49 1·28 0·90, 1·82

Significant (P<0·05) results are indicated in bold font.

Quartile 1, E-DII<−2·93; quartile 2, E-DII=−2·93 to −1·80; quartile 3, E-DII=−1·81 to −0·45; quartile 4, E-DII>−0·45.

Interaction P values for sex × E-DII score for adenoma (overall), non-advanced adenoma, advanced adenoma and multiple (>1) adenoma are, respectively, 0·03, 0·16, 0·20 and 0·29.

§

Adjusted for BMI, education, smoking status, race, Ca intake, alcohol intake and age.

Adjusted for BMI, smoking, race, hormone status, total daily energy intake, Ca intake, alcohol intake and age.