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. 2026 Jul 13;13:1877513. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2026.1877513

Table 2.

WCRF/AICR dietary adherence, plasma metabolomic profiles, and incident lung cancer.

Exposure Contrast Model Participants Cases HR/SHR (95% CI) P value
WCRF/AICR dietary score Per 1-SD increment Single-exposure 91,917 470 0.989 (0.898, 1.089) 0.821
WCRF/AICR dietary score Q2 vs. Q1 Quartile model 91,917 470 1.023 (0.798, 1.312) 0.857
WCRF/AICR dietary score Q3 vs. Q1 Quartile model 91,917 470 1.041 (0.806, 1.345) 0.756
WCRF/AICR dietary score Q4 vs. Q1 Quartile model 91,917 470 1.004 (0.759, 1.328) 0.978
WCRF/AICR dietary score P for trend Quartile model 91,917 470 0.924
Diet-related plasma metabolomic signature Per 1-SD increment Single-exposure 91,917 470 0.816 (0.752, 0.885) <0.001
FDR-restricted plasma bridge score Per 1-SD increment Single-exposure 91,917 470 0.907 (0.823, 1.000) 0.051
Diet-related plasma metabolomic signature Per 1-SD increment Diet + signature + bridge 91,917 470 0.822 (0.754, 0.896) <0.001
FDR-restricted plasma bridge score Per 1-SD increment Diet + signature + bridge 91,917 470 0.949 (0.858, 1.049) 0.305
Fine-Gray competing risk - WCRF/AICR score 91,917 470 0.992 (0.897, 1.096) 0.871
Fine-Gray competing risk - Plasma metabolomic signature 91,917 470 0.830 (0.778, 0.885) <0.001
Fine-Gray competing risk - Plasma bridge score 91,917 470 0.912 (0.824, 1.010) 0.077

Models adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, education, household income, smoking status, alcohol use, BMI, physical activity, diabetes, total energy intake, and number of valid dietary recalls.