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. 2023 Dec 8;21:489. doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-03202-0

Table 2.

Association between PRS, lifestyles, and risk of PC

Characteristics PC/non-PC Model 1a Model 2a
HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value for trend c HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value for trend c
PRS 1.58 (1.46–1.70) 1.45E-32 1.58 (1.47–1.71) 5.78E-33
   Low 217/113,308 0.60 (0.50–0.70) 1.56E-09 0.59 (0.50–0.70) 1.23E-09
   Intermediate b 364/113,207 1 [Reference] NA 1 [Reference] NA
   High 548/112,987 1.51 (1.32–1.72) 1.31E-09 1.51 (1.32–1.73) 9.96E-10
Weighted healthy lifestyle score 0.67 (0.62–0.72) 6.65E-26 0.69 (0.64–0.74) 8.79E-22
   Unfavorable 526/112,905 1 [Reference] NA 1 [Reference] NA
   Intermediate 361/113,497 0.67 (0.59–0.77) 6.86E-09 0.66 (0.58–0.76) 2.40E-09
   Favorable 242/113,100 0.45 (0.39–0.52) 9.36E-25 0.48 (0.41–0.56) 1.69E-20
Unweighted healthy lifestyle score 0.72 (0.67–0.78) 4.30E-19 0.78 (0.72–0.84) 1.63E-11
   Unfavorable 509/116,096 1 [Reference] NA 1 [Reference] NA
   Intermediate 339/101,907 0.75 (0.65–0.86) 3.60E-05 0.81 (0.70–0.93) 2.23E-03
   Favorable 281/121,499 0.52 (0.45–0.60) 8.57E-19 0.60 (0.52–0.70) 1.98E-11

Abbreviations: PC Pancreatic cancer, PRS Polygenic risk score, HR Hazard ratio, NA Not applicable

aModel 1 was not adjusted; model 2 was adjusted for age (continuous), sex, education level, socioeconomic status, and the first 5 principal components of ancestry

bSet the intermediate value of PRS as the reference

c P value for trend was determined by using the categorical variables as continuous