Table 4.
Age- and hormone-adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association between adipokines and breast cancer risk, Columbia, MO cohort (67 cases, 67 controls)
| Adipokines | Cases | Controls | Age-adjusted OR (95% CI) | p for linear trend2 | Estradiol-adjusted OR (95% CI) | p for linear trend2 | SHBG-adjusted OR (95% CI) | p for linear trend2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |||||||
| Adiponectin, ng/ml | ||||||||||
| 626–19,535 | 14 | 21.5 | 13 | 19.4 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| 19,536–25,758 | 13 | 20.0 | 16 | 23.9 | 0.55 (0.17, 1.82) | 0.65 (0.19–2.25) | 0.55 (0.16–1.87) | |||
| 25,759–32,921 | 15 | 23.1 | 13 | 19.4 | 1.50 (0.43, 5.22) | 2.11 (0.54–8.20) | 1.49 (0.42–5.62) | |||
| 32,922–73,588 | 23 | 35.4 | 25 | 37.3 | 1.16 (0.41, 3.27) | 0.90 | 1.32 (0.45–3.83) | 0.34 | 1.15 (0.39–3.45) | 0.39 |
| aPAI-1, pg/ml | ||||||||||
| 1,280–8,048 | 20 | 30.3 | 18 | 26.9 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| 8,049–12,236 | 20 | 30.3 | 17 | 25.4 | 1.01 (0.38, 2.72) | 1.10 (0.35–3.49) | 1.27 (0.44–3.71) | |||
| 12,237–17,108 | 13 | 19.7 | 13 | 19.4 | 0.82 (0.27, 2.45) | 0.67 (0.22–2.11) | 0.99 (0.35–2.81) | |||
| 17,109–57,786 | 13 | 19.7 | 19 | 28.4 | 0.49 (0.16, 1.52) | 0.25 | 0.33 (0.10–1.09) | 0.06 | 0.53 (0.19–1.50) | 0.23 |
| Resistin, pg/ml | ||||||||||
| 1,280–4,683 | 20 | 30.3 | 18 | 26.9 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| 4,684–7,551 | 15 | 22.7 | 20 | 29.9 | 0.61 (0.23, 1.63) | 0.36 (0.12–1.12) | 0.43 (0.15–1.25) | |||
| 7,552–10,653 | 16 | 24.2 | 14 | 20.9 | 0.81 (0.27, 2.38) | 0.87 (0.24–3.18) | 0.83 (0.24–2.87) | |||
| 10,654–31,407 | 15 | 22.7 | 15 | 22.4 | 0.77 (0.28, 2.16) | 0.93 | 0.81 (0.25–2.62) | 0.97 | 0.80 (0.25–2.51) | 0.93 |
p-value for linear trend was estimated using the categorical values as an ordinal variable in statistical models