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. 2008 Sep 30;99(9):1517–1521. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604695

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
Seminoma cases only
Non-seminoma cases only
  Unadjusted for BMI
Adjusted
Unadjusted
Adjusted
Unadjusted
Adjusted
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.

a

The overall effect of body height is statistically significant in both models, unadjusted and adjusted for BMI (Wald χ2-test P<0.0001).