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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2010 Feb 15;126(4):992–1003. doi: 10.1002/ijc.24830

TABLE V.

RELATIVE RISK OF NHL, DLBCL, AND FOLLICULAR NHL ACCORDING TO INTAKE OF MULTIVITAMIN SUPPLEMENT AND ANTIOXIDANT MICRONUTRIENTS, IOWA WOMEN'S HEALTH STUDY, 1986–2005

All NHL
DLBCL
Follicular lymphoma
Supplement Person Years Cases RR (95% CI)* p-trend Cases RR (95% CI) p-trend Cases RR (95% CI) p-trend
Multi vitamin
  Nonuser 394275 266 1.00 (reference) 0.50 123 1.00 (reference) 0.81 54 1.00 (reference) 0.35
  User 195610 142 1.07 (0.87, 1.31) 59 0.96 (0.71, 1.31) 33 1.23 (0.80, 1.90)
Selenium supplements
  Nonusers 552949 388 1.00 (reference) 0.26 175 1.00 (reference) 0.25 81 1.00 (reference) 0.33
  User 18658 9 0.69 (0.35, 1.33) 3 0.51 (0.17, 1.60) 1 0.39 (0.06, 2.64)
Zinc (mg/day)
 Total
  <9.4 147781 109 1.00 (reference) 0.82 51 1.00 (reference) 0.98 22 1.00 (reference) 0.63
  9.4–12 149942 91 0.81 (0.61, 1.09) 38 0.71 (0.46, 1.11) 17 0.75 (0.39, 1.44)
  13–18 151379 104 0.91 (0.67, 1.24) 44 0.80 (0.50, 1.26) 27 1.16 (0.61, 2.20)
  >18 148838 111 0.99 (0.72, 1.35) 51 0.93 (0.58, 1.49) 24 1.04 (0.52, 2.07)
 Diet only
  <8.8 147447 106 1.00 (reference) 0.53 46 1.00 (reference) 0.48 23 1.00 (reference) 0.35
  8.8–11 149463 93 0.88 (0.66, 1.18) 41 0.90 (0.58, 1.41) 17 0.76 (0.39, 1.46)
  12–15 150198 101 0.96 (0.70, 1.32) 44 0.98 (0.61, 1.58) 20 0.91 (0.46, 1.80)
  >15 150833 115 1.12 (0.76, 1.64) 53 1.23 (0.69, 2.16) 30 1.42 (0.65, 3.13)
 Supplements only
  Nonusers 490273 337 1.00 (reference) 0.66 153 1.00 (reference) 0.67 73 1.00 (reference) 0.84
  ≤27 83245 59 1.02 (0.77, 1.34) 24 0.92 (0.60, 1.41) 13 1.04 (0.58, 1.88)
  >27 24423 19 1.12 (0.71, 1.78) 7 0.91 (0.43, 1.94) 4 1.09 (0.40, 2.98)
Copper (mg/day)
 Total
  <1.1 152239 116 1.00 (reference) 0.21 52 1.00 (reference) 0.63 24 1.00 (reference) 0.32
  1.1–1.4 149123 109 0.92 (0.70, 1.21) 46 0.87 (0.58, 1.31) 25 0.97 (0.54, 1.74)
  1.5–2.0 149470 80 0.66 (0.48, 0.90) 33 0.61 (0.38, 0.98) 19 0.70 (0.36, 1.35)
  >2.0 147109 110 0.89 (0.65, 1.22) 53 0.97 (0.61, 1.54) 22 0.77 (0.38, 1.55)
 Diet only
  <1.1 150286 106 1.00 (reference) 0.15 44 1.00 (reference) 0.58 23 1.00 (reference) 0.25
  1.1–1.3 148991 115 1.04 (0.79, 1.38) 55 1.23 (0.81, 1.86) 23 0.89 (0.49, 1.64)
  1.4–1.7 149075 94 0.84 (0.62, 1.13) 37 0.82 (0.51, 1.31) 25 0.91 (0.48, 1.71)
  >1.7 149589 100 0.83 (0.58, 1.19) 48 1.01 (0.59, 1.74) 19 0.58 (0.26, 1.30)
 Supplements only
  Nonusers 522245 367 1.00 (reference) 0.49 166 1.00 (reference) 0.23 80 1.00 (reference) 0.65
  User 75696 48 0.90 (0.67, 1.21) 18 0.74 (0.46, 1.21) 10 0.86 (0.45, 1.66)
Manganese (mg/day)
 Total
  <1.9 149267 112 1.00 (reference) 0.016 44 1.00 (reference) 0.29 31 1.00 (reference) 0.070
  1.9–2.6 150870 118 0.98 (0.75, 1.28) 56 1.19 (0.79, 1.80) 19 0.53 (0.30, 0.96)
  2.7–3.6 149619 89 0.70 (0.52, 0.95) 41 0.84 (0.53, 1.34) 16 0.41 (0.21, 0.79)
  >3.6 148185 96 0.73 (0.53, 1.01) 43 0.86 (0.52, 1.41) 24 0.56 (0.29, 1.09)
 Diet only
  <1.9 148514 114 1.00 (reference) 0.010 44 1.00 (reference) 0.43 31 1.00 (reference) 0.026
  1.9–2.5 149964 105 0.84 (0.64, 1.11) 48 1.02 (0.67, 1.56) 18 0.49 (0.27, 0.90)
  2.6–3.3 150947 107 0.81 (0.60, 1.08) 52 1.06 (0.68, 1.65) 20 0.49 (0.26, 0.91)
  >3.3 148516 89 0.62 (0.44, 0.88) 40 0.78 (0.46, 1.32) 21 0.43 (0.21, 0.89)
 Supplements only
  Nonusers 540406 377 1.00 (reference) 0.70 169 1.00 (reference) 0.47 81 1.00 (reference) 0.92
  User 57535 38 0.94 (0.67, 1.31) 15 0.82 (0.49, 1.40) 9 1.04 (0.52, 2.06)
*

Relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI), adjusted for age and total energy intake.