Table 2. Conditional logistic regression with body height as covariate – unadjusted and adjusted for BMI, stratified for all GCT cases, seminoma, and non-seminoma cases.
All GCT cases
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Seminoma cases only
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Non-seminoma cases only
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Unadjusted for BMI
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Adjusted
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Unadjusted
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Adjusted
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Unadjusted
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Adjusted
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Height (cm) a | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI |
<170 | 0.815 | 0.705–0.941 | 0.798 | 0.688–0.926 | 0.882 | 0.707–1.100 | 0.842 | 0.668–1.059 | 0.769 | 0.635–0.931 | 0.764 | 0.629–0.929 |
170–174 | 0.955 | 0.868–1.050 | 0.928 | 0.841–1.023 | 0.943 | 0.811–1.095 | 0.895 | 0.766–1.047 | 0.963 | 0.852–1.089 | 0.946 | 0.834–1.072 |
175–179 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||||
180–184 | 1.408 | 1.306–1.519 | 1.387 | 1.283–1.499 | 1.417 | 1.260–1.593 | 1.395 | 1.235–1.576 | 1.403 | 1.271–1.548 | 1.380 | 1.248–1.526 |
185–189 | 1.542 | 1.419–1.676 | 1.575 | 1.445–1.717 | 1.597 | 1.403–1.817 | 1.641 | 1.433–1.878 | 1.505 | 1.349–1.678 | 1.531 | 1.369–1.712 |
190–194 | 1.979 | 1.781–2.199 | 2.069 | 1.854–2.309 | 2.094 | 1.776–2.469 | 2.232 | 1.876–2.656 | 1.903 | 1.658–2.184 | 1.970 | 1.710–2.270 |
⩾195 | 3.194 | 2.764–3.691 | 3.353 | 2.880–3.903 | 3.201 | 2.570–3.987 | 3.404 | 2.691–4.306 | 3.192 | 2.634–3.868 | 3.322 | 2.720–4.056 |
CI=confidence interval; GCT=germ cell tumour; OR=odds ratio.
The overall effect of body height is statistically significant in both models, unadjusted and adjusted for BMI (Wald χ2-test P<0.0001).