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. 2008 Sep 12;168(9):1024–1034. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwn212

Table 3.

Multivariatea Relative Risk of Lung Cancer According to Quintile of Intake of Selected Botanical Groups, NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, 1995–2003

Botanical Group and Sex Quintile of intake
P for Trend
1
b
2
3
4
5
No. of Cases Intakec No. of Cases Intake RR 95% CI No. of Cases Intake RR 95% CI No. of Cases Intake RR 95% CI No. of Cases Intake RR 95% CI
Cucurbitaceae
    Men 932 0.003 803 0.01 0.97 0.88, 1.07 717 0.03 0.98 0.88, 1.08 728 0.07 1.04 0.94, 1.14 654 0.20 0.95 0.86, 1.05 0.50
    Women 564 0.006 439 0.02 0.92 0.81, 1.04 401 0.05 0.92 0.81, 1.05 378 0.13 0.92 0.81, 1.05 419 0.33 1.05 0.92, 1.19 0.14
Musaceae
    Men 1,003 0.01 849 0.05 1.00 0.91, 1.09 722 0.14 0.97 0.88, 1.07 645 0.29 0.94 0.85, 1.04 615 0.53 0.97 0.87, 1.08 0.42
    Women 604 0.01 480 0.07 0.98 0.86, 1.10 343 0.18 0.80 0.70, 0.91 378 0.35 0.94 0.83, 1.08 396 0.63 1.01 0.88, 1.15 0.73
Rosaceae
    Men 1,154 0.03 824 0.09 0.94 0.85, 1.02 699 0.18 0.92 0.83, 1.01 654 0.35 0.97 0.88, 1.07 503 0.72 0.82 0.73, 0.91 0.002
    Women 670 0.05 481 0.14 1.00 0.89, 1.12 403 0.27 1.01 0.89, 1.14 334 0.49 0.93 0.81, 1.07 313 0.94 0.97 0.85, 1.12 0.52
Rutaceae
    Men 1,068 0.04 808 0.19 0.99 0.91, 1.09 715 0.43 0.97 0.88, 1.07 635 0.73 0.95 0.86, 1.05 608 1.35 0.99 0.89, 1.10 0.68
    Women 633 0.05 432 0.21 0.90 0.79, 1.01 369 0.50 0.86 0.75, 0.98 414 0.84 1.00 0.88, 1.13 353 1.51 0.91 0.79, 1.04 0.55
Vitaceae
    Men 1,045 0.002 808 0.01 0.95 0.87, 1.05 689 0.03 0.93 0.84, 1.03 672 0.06 0.97 0.87, 1.07 620 0.18 0.94 0.85, 1.04 0.47
    Women 567 0 434 0.02 0.93 0.82, 1.05 408 0.04 0.95 0.84, 1.08 408 0.08 1.03 0.91, 1.17 384 0.29 0.99 0.86, 1.13 0.70
Chenopodiaceae
    Men 957 0 675 0.006 0.91 0.83, 1.01 824 0.01 1.03 0.94, 1.14 738 0.04 0.97 0.88, 1.07 640 0.13 0.94 0.85, 1.04 0.33
    Women 474 0 455 0.01 1.02 0.89, 1.16 440 0.03 1.00 0.88, 1.14 432 0.06 1.02 0.89, 1.16 400 0.21 1.00 0.87, 1.15 0.93
Compositae
    Men 1,026 0.01 824 0.06 0.98 0.90, 1.08 720 0.14 0.96 0.87, 1.05 657 0.26 0.95 0.86, 1.05 607 0.63 0.92 0.83, 1.02 0.09
    Women 543 0.02 424 0.09 0.89 0.78, 1.01 413 0.21 0.94 0.83, 1.07 395 0.39 0.93 0.81, 1.06 426 0.91 1.02 0.89, 1.16 0.29
Convolvulaceae
    Men 897 0 808 0.005 1.00 0.91, 1.10 799 0.01 0.98 0.89, 1.08 695 0.03 0.91 0.82, 1.00 635 0.07 0.86 0.75, 0.96 0.0008
    Women 529 0 432 0.009 0.88 0.77, 1.00 416 0.02 0.88 0.77, 1.00 421 0.04 0.93 0.82, 1.06 403 0.11 0.95 0.83, 1.09 0.77
Cruciferae
    Men 1,024 0.03 839 0.08 0.97 0.89, 1.07 719 0.15 0.91 0.83, 1.00 641 0.25 0.90 0.81, 0.99 611 0.50 0.92 0.83, 1.02 0.09
    Women 522 0.06 439 0.14 0.96 0.84, 1.09 417 0.24 0.99 0.87, 1.13 427 0.39 1.06 0.93, 1.20 396 0.77 1.00 0.87, 1.14 0.65
Gramineae
    Men 924 0.009 781 0.03 0.93 0.85, 1.03 777 0.05 0.98 0.89, 1.08 661 0.08 0.86 0.78, 0.95 691 0.16 0.96 0.87, 1.06 0.30
    Women 525 0.008 460 0.03 0.97 0.85, 1.09 443 0.05 0.99 0.87, 1.12 407 0.09 0.95 0.84, 1.09 366 0.17 0.91 0.79, 1.04 0.16
Legumes
    Men 918 0.08 808 0.17 0.98 0.89, 1.07 716 0.27 0.90 0.81, 0.99 733 0.40 0.98 0.89, 1.08 659 0.69 0.92 0.83, 1.02 0.16
    Women 512 0.09 483 0.19 1.07 0.94, 1.21 414 0.30 0.95 0.83, 1.08 380 0.45 0.93 0.81, 1.06 412 0.81 1.07 0.94, 1.22 0.65
Solanaceae
    Men 911 0.07 766 0.15 0.97 0.88, 1.07 734 0.23 0.98 0.89, 1.08 674 0.34 0.94 0.85, 1.03 749 0.60 1.02 0.93, 1.13 0.60
    Women 472 0.08 428 0.17 0.98 0.86, 1.11 411 0.27 1.00 0.87, 1.14 423 0.40 1.04 0.91, 1.19 467 0.71 1.11 0.97, 1.27 0.04
Umbelliferae
    Men 1,070 0.005 848 0.02 0.97 0.89, 1.07 703 0.03 0.89 0.80, 0.98 655 0.07 0.91 0.83, 1.01 558 0.21 0.86 0.78, 0.96 0.01
    Women 593 0.008 475 0.03 0.96 0.85, 1.08 416 0.06 0.92 0.81, 1.04 388 0.13 0.93 0.82, 1.06 329 0.36 0.92 0.80, 1.06 0.38

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; NIH, National Institutes of Health; RR, relative risk.

a

Adjusted for age, energy intake, race, education, body mass index, smoking status, smoking dose, time since quitting smoking, alcohol intake, physical activity, and family history of any cancer.

b

Reference category (RR = 1).

c

Median number of servings/1,000 kcal/day.