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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Apr 5;20(6):1238–1250. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0005

Figure 1. Association between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer in Surrogate Tissues.

Figure 1

Association findings for TL are presented categorized into quartiles or tertiles and comparisons between the shortest and longest (referent) group. The graph was created using study-specific, adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals with SigmaPlot Version 11.0. (37) include two independent case-control series.

(11) included bladder, lung, and renal cell carcinoma cases; (14) and (19) reported a significant association of longer TL and risk of breast cancer and NHL, respectively; here we plot the inverse log odds ratios.

(37) Case-control study at Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center; (38) Chromosome 9-specific OR; (37) Case-control study at Roswell Park Cancer Institute; (25) Prospective EPIC study; (25) Retrospective SEARCH study; (25) Prospective EPIC study; (25) Retrospective SEARCH study;

Abbreviations: CRC, colorectal cancer; HNC, head and neck cancer; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; BCC, basal cell carcinoma.