TABLE 5.

Relative risks of colorectal cancer associated with quartiles of factor scores for each pattern, France, 1993–2000

		Quartile 2		Quartile 3		Quartile 4
All subjects	Quartile 1* (relative risk)	Relative risk	95% confidence interval	Relative risk	95% confidence interval	Relative risk	95% confidence interval	ptrend†
Energy- and age-adjusted model
Healthy	1.0	0.93	0.62, 1.39	0.83	0.55, 1.27	0.83	0.54, 1.26	0.32
Western	1.0	1.05	0.68, 1.61	1.57	1.04, 2.36	1.29	0.83, 2.02	0.08
Drinker	1.0	1.43	0.93, 2.20	1.65	1.08, 2.53	1.37	0.87, 2.16	0.12
Meat eaters	1.0	1.19	0.73, 1.95	1.85	1.18, 2.90	1.78	1.13, 2.81	0.003
Multivariate model‡
Healthy	1.0	0.92	0.61, 1.38	0.81	0.53, 1.23	0.77	0.49, 1.20	0.20
Western	1.0	0.99	0.63, 1.56	1.44	0.90, 2.31	1.09	0.60, 2.00	0.40
Drinker	1.0	1.48	0.96, 2.29	1.72	1.12, 2.66	1.36	0.85, 2.17	0.13
Meat eaters	1.0	1.16	0.71, 1.90	1.74	1.10, 2.73	1.58	0.98, 2.53	0.02

^*Quartile 1 = referent category.

^†Wald test.

^‡Adjustment for daily energy intake (kcal/day), body mass index (kg/m²), physical activity level (low, medium, high), tobacco status (never/current/former smokers), family history of colorectal cancer (yes/no), and high education (yes/no).