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. 2009 Jan 15;169(6):657–666. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwn401

Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratiosa and 95% Confidence Intervals for Any, Nonadvanced, and Advanced Metachronous Colorectal Neoplasia According to Body Mass Index Categories in the Pooled Population, by Family History

BMI Category No Family History of Colorectal Cancerb (n = 5,807)
Any
Nonadvanced
Advanced
Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval Recurrence, no. Total, no. Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval Recurrence, no. Total, no. Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval Recurrence, no. Total, no.
Total population
    Normal weight (BMI, <25) 1.00 747 1,658 1.00 548 1,658 1.00 199 1,658
    Overweight (BMI, 25–<30) 1.08 0.95, 1.22 1,265 2,633 1.09 0.95, 1.25 946 2,633 1.02 0.83, 1.25 319 2,633
    Obese (BMI, ≥30) 1.25 1.08, 1.45 758 1,516 1.26 1.08, 1.47 569 1,516 1.25 0.99, 1.57 189 1,516
        Ptrend <0.01 <0.01 <0.06
Men
    Normal weight (BMI, <25) 1.00 507 1,029 1.00 378 1,029 1.00 129 1,029
    Overweight (BMI, 25–<30) 1.08 0.93, 1.26 1,045 2,082 1.06 0.90, 1.25 777 2,082 1.11 0.87, 1.41 268 2,082
    Obese (BMI, ≥30) 1.31 1.10, 1.55 612 1,147 1.27 1.06, 1.53 457 1,147 1.43 1.09, 1.87 155 1,147
        Ptrend <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
Women
    Normal weight (BMI, <25) 1.00 240 629 1.00 170 629 1.00 70 629
    Overweight (BMI, 25–<30) 1.09 0.86, 1.38 220 551 1.17 0.90, 1.52 169 551 0.87 0.59, 1.30 51
    Obese (BMI, ≥30) 1.11 0.85, 1.44 146 369 1.18 0.88, 1.59 112 369 0.91 0.58, 1.42 34 369
        Ptrend <0.43 <0.22 <0.60
Family History of Colorectal Cancerb (n = 1,876)
Any Nonadvanced Advanced
Odds Ratio
95% Confidence Interval
Recurrence, no.
Total, no.
Odds Ratio
95% Confidence Interval
Recurrence, no.
Total, no.
Odds Ratio
95% Confidence Interval
Recurrence, no.
Total, no.
Total population
    Normal weight (BMI, <25) 1.00 225 519 1.00 155 519 1.00 70 519
    Overweight (BMI, 25–<30) 1.28 1.02, 1.61 470 902 1.41 1.10, 1.80 358 902 0.99 0.70, 1.40 112 902
    Obese (BMI, ≥30) 1.45 1.12, 1.88 245 455 1.62 1.22, 2.14 188 455 1.11 0.74, 1.66 57 455
        Ptrend <0.01 <0.001 <0.62
Men
    Normal weight (BMI, <25) 1.00 122 244 1.00 88 244 1.00 34 244
    Overweight (BMI, 25–<30) 1.21 0.90, 1.63 349 653 1.25 0.90, 1.72 265 653 1.05 0.67, 1.66 84 653
    Obese (BMI, ≥30) 1.71 1.20, 2.43 184 299 1.75 1.21, 2.54 141 299 1.47 0.87, 2.50 43 299
        Ptrend <0.01 <0.01 <0.15
Women
    Normal weight (BMI, <25) 1.00 103 275 1.00 67 275 1.00 36 275
    Overweight (BMI, 25–<30) 1.15 1.06, 2.15 121 249 1.77 1.19, 2.62 93 249 1.01 0.58, 1.74 28 249
    Obese (BMI, ≥30) 1.11 0.74, 1.67 61 156 1.31 0.83, 2.06 47 156 0.74 0.37, 1.44 14 156
        Ptrend <0.38 <0.12 <0.43

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.

a

Models adjusted for age, sex, smoking, and study.

b

Data for family history of colorectal cancer in 1 or more first-degree relatives were missing for 530 participants as follows: normal weight (n = 155), overweight (n = 236), and obese (n = 139); normal weight men (n = 100), overweight men (n = 187), and obese men (n = 101); and normal weight women (n = 55), overweight women (n = 49), and obese women (n = 38).