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. 2009 Mar 11;20(6):835–846. doi: 10.1007/s10552-009-9323-1

Table 3.

Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for pancreatic cancer and daily servings of sweetened beverages in a population-based case–control study, San Francisco Bay Area, California

Men + Women Men Women
Sweetened beverages (1 serving = 1 can, glass, bottle, or cup) Case n % Control n % ORa 95% CIa ORb 95% CIb ORb 95% CIb ORb 95% CIb
All sweetened beverages/day
    0 111 21 348 21 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref.
    <1 249 47 942 55 0.8 0.6, 1.0 0.7 0.6, 1.0 1.0 0.6, 1.5 0.6 0.4, 0.9
    ≥1 166 32 411 24 1.1 0.8, 1.5 1.0 0.7, 1.3 1.0 0.6, 1.7 1.0 0.6, 1.6
    Trend-p 0.03 0.7 0.6 0.1
Total carbonated beverages/day
    0 140 27 468 28 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref.
    <1 242 46 894 53 0.9 0.7, 1.1 0.8 0.6, 1.0 1.0 0.7, 1.6 0.7 0.5, 1.0
    ≥1 144 27 339 20 1.3 1.0, 1.7 1.1 0.8, 1.5 1.2 0.8, 2.0 1.1 0.7, 1.7
    Trend-p 0.02 0.6 0.9 0.2
Total sugar-type carbonated beverages/day
    0 284 54 961 57 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref.
    <1 190 36 610 36 1.0 0.8, 1.2 1.0 0.8, 1.2 1.1 0.8, 1.5 0.8 0.6, 1.2
    ≥1 52 10 130 8 1.1 0.8, 1.6 0.9 0.6, 1.3 0.9 0.5, 1.5 0.9 0.4, 1.8
    Trend-p 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.9
Total sugar-free carbonated beverages/day
    0 310 59 1,016 60 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref.
    <1 124 24 487 29 0.8 0.7, 1.1 0.8 0.7, 1.1 1.2 0.8, 1.7 0.6 0.4, 1.0
    ≥1 92 17 198 12 1.5 1.2, 2.1 1.5 1.1, 2.1 1.8 1.1, 2.8 1.4 0.9, 2.3
    Trend-p 0.04 0.2 0.4 0.3
Coke, Pepsi, or other cola with sugar
    <1/month 347 66 1,175 69 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref.
    1–3/month 55 11 179 11 1.0 0.7, 1.4 1.0 0.7, 1.4 1.2 0.8, 1.8 0.8 0.5, 1.4
    1–6/week 86 16 247 15 1.1 0.8, 1.4 1.1 0.8, 1.5 1.1 0.8, 1.7 1.0 0.6, 1.7
    ≥1/day 38 7 100 6 1.1 0.7, 1.7 0.9 0.6, 1.4 0.9 0.5, 1.5 1.0 0.5, 2.1
    Trend-p 0.6 0.99 0.9 0.9
Caffeine-free coke, Pepsi, or other cola with sugar
    <1/month 497 94 1,598 94 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref.
    1–3/month 13 2 55 3 0.8 0.4, 1.4 0.9 0.5, 1.6 0.9 0.4, 2.0 0.8 0.3, 2.4
    1–6/week 15 3 37 2 1.1 0.6, 2.1 1.0 0.6, 2.0 1.4 0.7, 3.0 0.5 0.1, 1.9
    ≥1/day 1 0.2 10 0.6 0.3 0.04, 2.3 0.3 0.04, 2.7 0.4 0.05, 2.3 NA NA
    Trend-p 0.5 0.5 0.96 0.2
Other carbonated beverage with sugar
    <1/month 364 69 1,229 72 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref.
    1–3/month 67 13 200 12 1.1 0.8, 1.5 1.1 0.8, 1.5 1.2 0.8 1.8 0.8 0.5, 1.4
    1–6/week 78 15 241 14 1.0 0.7, 1.3 1.0 0.7, 1.3 1.0 0.6, 1.4 1.1 0.7, 1.8
    ≥1/day 17 3 31 2 1.6 0.8, 2.9 1.2 0.6, 2.2 1.4 0.6, 3.1 0.7 0.2, 2.3
    Trend-p 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.8
Low calorie cola
    <1/month 381 72 1,272 75 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref.
    1–3/month 34 6 122 7 1.0 0.6, 1.4 1.0 0.7, 1.5 1.0 0.6, 1.8 1.0 0.5, 1.9
    1–6/week 54 10 197 12 0.9 0.7, 1.3 0.9 0.7, 1.3 1.1 0.7, 1.7 0.8 0.4, 1.4
    ≥1/day 57 11 110 6 1.8 1.2, 2.5 1.7 1.2, 2.4 1.8 1.1, 2.9 1.6 0.9, 2.8
    Trend-p 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.4
Low calorie caffeine-free cola
    <1/month 437 83 1,394 82 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref.
    1–3/month 24 5 83 5 1.0 0.6, 1.6 1.0 0.6, 1.6 1.1 0.5, 2.2 0.9 0.5, 1.8
    1–6/week 43 8 171 10 0.8 0.6, 1.1 0.8 0.5, 1.1 0.9 0.5, 1.4 0.7 0.4, 1.3
    ≥1/day 22 4 51 3 1.4 0.8, 2.4 1.1 0.7, 2.0 1.1 0.5, 2.5 1.3 0.6, 2.7
    Trend-p 0.96 0.6 0.9 0.7
Other low calorie carbonated beverage
    <1/month 418 79 1,366 80 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref.
    1–3/month 40 8 128 8 1.0 0.7, 1.5 1.0 0.7, 1.5 1.5 0.9, 2.5 0.7 0.4, 1.3
    1–6/week 47 9 167 10 0.9 0.6, 1.2 0.9 0.6, 1.2 1.0 0.6, 1.6 0.6 0.4, 1.2
    ≥1/day 21 4 39 2 1.6 0.9, 2.8 1.4 0.8, 2.5 1.8 0.8, 3.8 1.2 0.4, 3.2
    Trend-p 0.6 0.97 0.2 0.2
Hawaii punch, lemonade, or other non-carbonated fruit drinks
    <1/month 359 68 1,075 63 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref. 1.0 Ref.
    1–3/month 71 14 286 17 0.7 0.5, 1.0 0.7 0.5, 1.0 0.7 0.5, 1.1 0.7 0.5, 1.2
    1–6/week 75 14 292 17 0.7 0.5, 0.9 0.7 0.5, 0.9 0.8 0.5, 1.2 0.5 0.3, 0.9
    ≥1/day 21 4 48 3 1.1 0.6, 1.9 1.0 0.6, 1.8 0.4 0.2, 1.1 2.0 1.0, 4.2
    Trend-p 0.03 0.03 0.06 0.4

aAdjusted for age, sex, and energy intake (kcal/day, men: quartiles, women: quartiles)

bAdditionally adjusted for body mass index (<25.0, 25.0–29.9, ≥30 kg/m2), race (white, black/African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, others), education (<high-school graduate, high-school graduate, 1–4 years college, graduate school), smoking (never smoker, former cigarette smoker who had quit smoking >15 years previously, former cigarette smoker who had quit smoking 1–15 years previously, current cigarette smoker or former cigarette smoker who had quit smoking <1 year previously, pipe and/or cigar smoker), history of diabetes (yes, no), and physical activity (30-min moderate exercise each time: <1 month, 1–4/month, 2–6/week, and daily); Additionally, all sweetened beverages, sugar-type carbonated beverages, and sugar-free carbonated beverages were adjusted for quartiles of red meat, white meat, vegetable and fruit, eggs, fish, dairy, whole grain, and refined grain, and sweets (0, <1, and ≥1 serving per day), and were mutually adjusted for each other