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. 2026 Jul 16;37(8):127. doi: 10.1007/s10552-026-02213-5

Table 3.

Logistic regression comparing association between risk factors and age at CRC diagnosis (Late-Onset, LOCRC vs Early-Onset, EOCRC) by race

Black patients (n = 861) White patients (n = 2153)
Exposures LOCRC/EOCRC (%) Adjusted OR# (95% CI) p-value LOCRC/EOCRC (%) Adjusted OR# (95% CI) p-value Interactionp-value
Lifestyle
 Body mass index 0.9626
  Underweight 6.8/8.4 0.62 (0.30, 1.30) 0.5211 5.5/5.2 0.80 (0.48, 1.34) 0.8979
  Overweight 28.1/24.1 0.83 (0.49, 1.40) 0.4605 32.5/30.0 0.90 (0.67, 1.21) 0.3421
  Obese 35.8/47.4 0.56 (0.34, 0.90) 0.0667 31.0/40.0 0.62 (0.47, 0.82) 0.0052*
  Normal weight 29.3/20.1 Reference 31.0/24.8 Reference
 Smoking status 0.3908
  Current 16.6/21.2 1.01 (0.62, 1.65) 0.0722 15.3/16.9 1.14 (0.83, 1.57) 0.3446
  Former 32.0/16.5 2.47 (1.51, 4.06) 0.0003* 37.3/25.1 1.75 (1.34, 2.28) 0.0003*
  Never 51.4/62.3 Reference 47.4/58.0 Reference
Clinical
 Hypertension 0.0955
  Yes 18.4/11.0 1.72 (1.00, 2.98) 0.0520 10.0/2.9 3.43 (1.88, 6.24) 0.0004*
  No 81.6/89.0 Reference 90.0/97.1 Reference
 Type 2 diabetes 0.7184
  Yes 26.3/14.3 1.98 (1.03, 3.82) 0.0405* 16.8/9.5 2.67 (1.62, 4.40) 0.0001*
  No 73.4/85.7 Reference 83.2/90.5 Reference
 Hyperlipidemia 0.2241
  Yes 24.9/5.8 4.83 (2.40, 9.73)  < 0.0001* 18.8/7.1 2.88 (1.93, 4.30)  < 0.0001*
  No 75.1/94.2 Reference 81.2/92.9 Reference

OR odds ratio, CI confidence intervals, EOCRC early-onset colorectal cancer, LOCRC late-onset colorectal cancer, % percentage

*Significance level was set at < 0.05 for main effects and interaction effects

#Adjusted for sex and marital status