. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Cancer Invest. 2009 Nov;27(9):942–951. doi: 10.3109/07357900902849632

Table 3.

Evaluation of the association between vitamin D and NHL risk by lymphoma histologic subtype

Study	Sample Size	Exposure	B cell subtypes		T cell lymphoma
Study	Sample Size	Exposure	Diffuse large B cell lymphoma	Follicular lymphoma	T cell lymphoma
Hartge et al., 2006	551 cases / 462 controls	High self-reported, energy adjusted, dietary vitamin D (food sources and dietary supplements)	No Association^* 189 cases	No Association^* 145 cases	--
Chang et al. 2006	591 cases / 461 controls	High self-reported, energy adjusted, dietary vitamin D (food sources only)	1.0 (0.5, 1.9) 147 cases	1.1 (0.5, 2.4) 118 cases	5.0 (1.2, 19.9) 41 cases
Polesel, et al. 2006	190 cases / 484 controls	High self-reported, energy adjusted, dietary vitamin D (food sources only)	0.7 (0.4 – 1.3) 93 cases	0.3 (0.1 – 0.9) 31 cases	--
Soni et al., 2007	387 cases / 535 controls	High self-reported dietary vitamin D (food and supplement sources)	0.8 (0.5 – 1.5) 91 cases	1.0 (0.6 – 1.6) 111 cases	1.5 (0.5 – 5.0) 19 cases
Purdue, et al. 2007	551 cases / 462 controls	High self-reported, energy adjusted, dietary vitamin D (food sources and dietary supplements)	No Association^*	1.0 (0.2 – 5.0) TaqI TT 28 cases	--
Purdue, et al. 2007	551 cases / 462 controls		No Association^*	4.8 (1.2 – 20.0) TaqI tt 19 cases	--
Lim, et al. 2009	280 cases / 538 matched controls	High serum 25(OH)D measured at baseline	0.85 (0.33 – 2.14) 41 cases	1.21 (0.31 – 4.72) 23 cases	0.73 (0.16 – 3.33) 22 cases

Specific point estimates and confidence intervals were not published. N.B.: Bolded risk estimates indicate statistical significance; 95% confidence intervals for all estimates provided when included in study results;