Table 3.
Relative risk of overall cancer estimated as incidence rate risk ratios (RR) with two-sided 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for fruit and vegetable intake, fruit intake only and vegetable intake only
| Quintiles | Continuous intakea | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | |||
| Vegetables and fruits | |||||||
| Median, g/day | 88 | 146 | 198 | 263 | 395 | ||
| Cases | 445 | 454 | 479 | 450 | 519 | ||
| RR (95% CI)b | 1.00 | 0.98 (0.85–1.13) | 0.99 (0.86–1.14) | 0.89 (0.77–1.03) | 1.01 (0.88–1.16) | 0.99 (0.93–1.05) | 0.81 |
| Fruits | |||||||
| Median, g/day | 47 | 94 | 134 | 184 | 288 | ||
| Cases | 473 | 449 | 462 | 471 | 492 | ||
| RR (95% CI)b | 1.00 | 0.97 (0.84–1.11) | 0.94 (0.81–1.08) | 0.92 (0.80–1.06) | 0.97 (0.84–1.12) | 0.99 (0.95–1.03) | 0.50 |
| Vegetables | |||||||
| Median, g/day | 36 | 51 | 62 | 75 | 98 | ||
| Cases | 418 | 472 | 477 | 448 | 532 | ||
| RR (95% CI)b | 1.00 | 1.04 (0.90–1.20) | 1.05 (0.91–1.22) | 0.97 (0.84–1.12) | 1.09 (0.85–1.25) | 1.02 (0.96–1.08) | 0.57 |
aPer 200 g/day for fruits and vegetables, per 100 g/day for fruits and per 100 g/day for vegetables
bAdjusted for education, BMI, smoking, energy and alcohol intake. Attained age was utilised as time scale