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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Sep 2;19(10):2549–2561. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0407

Table 3.

Relative risks (95% CI)* for colorectal, colon, and rectal cancer by quintiles of indices for vitamins B2, B6, and B12 status

Matched analyses Matched + covariate adjusted analyses
Site N cases/
controls
RR/ quintile Ptrend N cases/
controls
RR/ quintile Ptrend§ Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5


CRC
Vitamin B2 sum 1336/ 2254 0.94
(0.89; 0.99)
0.02 1296/ 2175 0.94
(0.88; 0.99)
0.02 1 0.73
(0.58; 0.92)
0.83
(0.65; 1.05)
0.73
(0.57; 0.93)
0.71
(0.56; 0.91)
Riboflavin 1358/ 2315 0.97
(0.92; 1.02)
0.21 1318/ 2236 0.97
(0.92; 1.02)
0.27 1 0.88
(0.70; 1.10)
0.84
(0.66; 1.07)
0.84
(0.66; 1.07)
0.87
(0.68; 1.11)
FMN 1337/ 2254 0.89
(0.85; 0.95)
<0.001 1297/ 2175 0.89
(0.84; 0.94)
<0.001 1 0.77
(0.61; 0.97)
0.81
(0.64; 1.02)
0.54
(0.42; 0.69)
0.65
(0.50; 0.83)
Vitamin B6 sum 1338/ 2276 0.94
(0.89; 0.99)
0.01 1298/ 2197 0.93
(0.88; 0.98)
0.02 1 0.91
(0.72; 1.13)
0.83
(0.66; 1.05)
0.92
(0.73; 1.17)
0.68
(0.53; 0.87)
PLP 1359/ 2316 0.90
(0.85; 0.95)
<0.001 1319/ 2237 0.89
(0.84; 0.94)
<0.001 1 0.80
(0.64; 1.00)
0.73
(0.58; 0.91)
0.73
(0.57; 0.92)
0.59
(0.47; 0.76)
PL 1355/ 2302 0.95
(0.90; 1.00)
0.06 1315/ 2223 0.90
(0.85; 0.95)
0.03 1 0.79
(0.63; 0.99)
0.73
(0.57; 0.93)
0.84
(0.66; 1.07)
0.70
(0.54; 0.90)
PA 1346/ 2288 1.00
(0.95; 1.06)
0.90 1306/ 2209 0.94
(0.89; 0.99)
0.83 1 1.04
(0.82; 1.31)
1.24
(0.98; 1.56)
1.07
(0.84; 1.37)
1.01
(0.78; 1.30)
Cobalamin 1362/ 2303 1.02
(0.96; 1.07)
0.58 1322/ 2225 1.03
(0.97; 1.08)
0.19 1 0.86
(0.69; 1.08)
1.02
(0.81; 1.28)
1.08
(0.85; 1.35)
1.02
(0.80; 1.29)
MMA 1365/ 2313 0.99
(0.94; 1.04)
0.72 1325/ 2234 1.02
(0.96; 1.08)
0.97 1 1.09
(0.87; 1.36)
1.16
(0.92; 1.46)
1.18
(0.94; 1.49)
0.94
(0.74; 1.21)
COLON
Vitamin B2 sum 630/ 1436 0.91
(0.85; 0.97)
<0.005 805/ 1392 0.91
(0.85; 0.97)
0.01 1 0.74
(0.56; 1.00)
0.72
(0.54; 0.97)
0.66
(0.49; 0.89)
0.66
(0.48; 0.90)
Riboflavin 842/ 1467 0.95
(0.89; 1.02)
0.15 817/ 1423 0.96
(0.89; 1.02)
0.19 1 0.88
(0.66; 1.16)
0.81
(0.60; 1.09)
0.74
(0.55; 1.00)
0.86
(0.63; 1.15)
FMN 831/ 1436 0.86
(0.80; 0.92)
<0.001 806/ 1392 0.87
(0.81; 0.93)
<0.001 1 0.76
(0.58; 1.01)
0.76
(0.57; 1.01)
0.53
(0.39; 0.73)
0.59
(0.43; 0.81)
Vitamin B6 sum 829/ 1446 0.93
(0.87; 1.00)
0.05 804/ 1402 0.93
(0.86; 1.00)
0.01 1 0.93
(0.70; 1.23)
0.75
(0.56; 1.01)
0.89
(0.67; 1.20)
0.69
(0.50; 0.96)
PLP 843/ 1468 0.90
(0.85; 0.97)
<0.005 818/ 1424 0.90
(0.84; 0.97)
<0.005 1 0.79
(0.60; 1.04)
0.62
(0.47; 0.83)
0.74
(0.55; 0.99)
0.63
(0.46; 0.86)
PL 839/ 1460 0.95
(0.88; 1.02)
0.13 814/ 1416 0.94
(0.87; 1.01)
0.08 1 0.73
(0.54; 0.97)
0.67
(0.49; 0.91)
0.80
(0.59; 1.08)
0.68
(0.49; 0.94)
PA 834/ 1454 1.02
(0.95; 1.09)
0.58 809/ 1410 1.02
(0.95; 1.09)
0.63 1 1.11
(0.83; 1.50)
1.28
(0.96; 1.72)
1.13
(0.83; 1.54)
1.07
(0.78; 1.48)
Cobalamin 844/ 1461 1.00
(0.94; 1.07)
0.97 819/ 1418 1.01
(0.94; 1.08)
0.05 1 0.76
(0.57; 1.01)
1.03
(0.77; 1.36)
0.90
(0.67; 1.22)
0.95
(0.70; 1.28)
MMA 846/ 1467 0.97
(0.90; 1.04)
0.34 821/ 1423 0.99
(0.92; 1.06)
0.67 1 1.32
(0.99; 1.76)
1.08
(0.81; 1.46)
1.24
(0.93; 1.67)
0.95
(0.69; 1.30)
RECTAL
Vitamin B2 sum 506/ 818 1.00
(0.92; 1.09)
0.96 491/ 783 0.99
(0.90; 1.09)
0.81 1 0.73
(0.48; 1.09)
1.14
(0.75; 1.73)
0.94
(0.61; 1.43)
0.84
(0.55; 1.28)
Riboflavin 516/ 848 1.00
(0.91; 1.09)
0.95 501/ 813 1.00
(0.91; 1.10)
0.93 1 0.88
(0.59; 1.32)
0.95
(0.63; 1.45)
1.06
(0.69; 1.62)
0.92
(0.60; 1.40)
FMN 506/ 818 0.95
(0.87; 1.04)
0.27 491/ 783 0.91
(0.83; 1.01)
0.06 1 0.80
(0.53; 1.20)
0.91
(0.60; 1.37)
0.55
(0.36; 0.85)
0.74
(0.48; 1.15)
Vitamin B6 sum 509/ 830 0.95
(0.87; 1.03)
0.19 494/ 795 0.94
(0.86; 1.03)
0.20 1 0.85
(0.57; 1.25)
1.06
(0.71; 1.57)
1.01
(0.67; 1.51)
0.69
(0.46; 1.04)
PLP 516/ 848 0.90
(0.83; 0.98)
0.01 501/ 813 0.89
(0.81; 0.97)
0.01 1 0.84
(0.57; 1.23)
1.01
(0.68; 1.49)
0.74
(0.49; 1.11)
0.58
(0.39; 0.87)
PL 516/ 842 0.96
(0.88; 1.04)
0.31 501/ 807 0.95
(0.87; 1.04)
0.28 1 0.93
(0.63; 1.37)
0.86
(0.58; 1.27)
0.96
(0.64; 1.45)
0.77
(0.51; 1.17)
PA 512/ 834 0.98
(0.90; 1.08)
0.72 497/ 799 1.00
(0.91; 1.10)
0.98 1 0.93
(0.63; 1.38)
1.20
(0.82; 1.76)
1.02
(0.68; 1.53)
0.95
(0.63; 1.45)
Cobalamin 518/ 842 1.04
(0.96; 1.13)
0.31 503/ 807 1.06
(0.97; 1.15)
0.23 1 1.15
(0.78; 1.70)
1.00
(0.68; 1.46)
1.42
(0.97; 2.07)
1.17
(0.80; 1.73)
MMA 519/ 846 1.03
(0.95; 1.12)
0.50 504/ 811 1.03
(0.94; 1.12)
0.54 1 0.82
(0.56; 1.20)
1.33
(0.91; 1.93)
1.15
(0.79; 1.69)
0.96
(0.64; 1.43)

NOTE: Counts do not necessarily add to the total sum due to missing data.

*

lower quintile is reference category. All analyses are matched for age, sex, study center and date of blood collection. The matched + covariate adjusted analyses are further adjusted for smoking status, education level, physical activity, fiber intake, intake of red and processed meat, alcohol consumption, and BMI.

The cut off values for the quintiles of the vitamin B2 sum were 14.2, 18.1, 23.5, and 33.4 μmol/L; for riboflavin they were 9.4, 12.8, 17.2, and 25.4 μmol/L; for FMN they were 3.3, 4.6, 6.3, and 8.8 μmol/L; for the vitamin B6 sum they were 45.4, 57.7, 72.6, and 105.3 μmol/L; for PLP they were 21.7, 29.1, 38.4, and 56.6 μmol/L; for PL they were 9.4, 11.8, 15.0, and 20.6 μmol/L; for PA they were 11.1, 14.6, 19.2, and 29.0 μmol/L; for vitamin B12 they were 220, 266, 312, and 380 pmol/L; and for MMA they were 0.14, 0.16, 0.18, and 0.22 μmol/L.

Ptrend (two-sided) in risk calculated with conditional logistic regression models without any covariates in the model using values for quintile categories as the quantitative score of exposure

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Ptrend (two-sided) in risk calculated with conditional logistic regression models with the covariates in the model using values for quintile categories as the quantitative score of exposure