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. 2003 Mar 4;88(5):689–694. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600775

Table 3. Green-yellow vegetables and fruit consumption and lung cancer risk according to sex and smoking status.

  Green-yellow vegetables
Fruit
    Category
    Category
 
  Total cases 1 2 3 P-value* Total cases 1 2 3 P-value*
Men                    
Nonsmokers                    
 Cases 15 5 6 4   15 7 5 3  
 Relative hazards   1.00 0.90 1.28 0.7517   1.00 0.64 0.19 0.0194
  (95% CI)     (0.27–3.07) (0.33–4.97)       (0.19–2.12) (0.05–0.79)  
Past-smokers                    
 Cases 47 17 20 10   47 11 16 20  
 Relative hazards   1.00 1.38 0.86 0.8142   1.00 1.24 1.06 0.9447
  (95% CI)     (0.69–2.78) (0.38–1.97)       (0.55–2.78) (0.50–2.26)  
Current smokers ⩽20 cigarettes day−1                    
 Cases 189 69 78 42   189 80 62 47  
 Relative hazards   1.00 1.06 1.13 0.5385   1.00 0.69 0.67 0.0261
  (95% CI)     (0.76–1.48) (0.76–1.67)       (0.49–0.97) (0.46–0.98)  
Current smokers > 20 cigarettes day−1                    
 Cases 94 42 35 17   94 34 39 21  
 Relative hazards   1.00 0.94 1.06 0.9380   1.00 1.03 0.57 0.0618
  (95% CI)     (0.60–1.48) (0.60–1.87)       (0.65–1.64) (0.32–1.00)  
                     
Women                    
Nonsmokers                    
 Cases 112 38 46 28   112 19 31 62  
 Relative hazards   1.00 0.75 0.68 0.1207   1.00 1.08 0.97 0.8101
  (95% CI)     (0.48–1.16) (0.41–1.12)       (0.61–1.92) (0.57–1.65)  
Current smokers                    
 Cases 63 23 26 14   63 16 18 29  
 Relative hazards   1.00 1.04 1.24 0.5632   1.00 0.99 1.06 0.8304
  (95% CI)     (0.59–1.84) (0.63–2.44)       (0.50–1.99) (0.56–2.00)  
*

Test for trend; relative hazards adjusted for age, radiation dose, city, BMI, smoking status, alcohol habits, and education level.