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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2011 Jul 29;4(10):1686–1697. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-11-0191

Table 2.

Association of selected meat-item intake and polyp risk, the Tennessee Colorectal Polyp Study (TCPS), 2003–2010.

Intake quartiles
Meat items Q1 (Low)
Q2
Q3
Q4
P_
trend
n1 OR(95% CI)2 n1 OR(95% CI)2 n1 OR(95% CI)2 n1 OR(95% CI)2
Fast food hamburgers 913/1617 1.0 (reference) 624/923 1.1 (1.0–1.3) 378/535 1.1 (0.9–1.2) 628/689 1.2 (1.0–1.4) 0.028
Non-fast food hamburgers 1177/2056 1.0 (reference) 673/950 1.2 (1.1–1.4) 339/400 1.3 (1.1–1.5) 354/358 1.2 (1.0–1.5) 0.002
Beef patties/steaks 1158/1921 1.0 (reference) 512/833 1.0 (0.9–1.2) 518/628 1.2 (1.0–1.4) 355/382 1.3 (1.1–1.5) 0.002
Pork chops 1241/2069 1.0 (reference) 687/1032 1.1 (1.0–1.3) 215/275 1.1 (0.9–1.4) 400/388 1.4 (1.2–1.6) <0.001
Short ribs/spareribs 2217/3355 1.0 (reference) 176/249 1.0 (0.8–1.3) N/A3 N/A3 150/160 1.1 (0.9–1.5) 0.291
Bacon 981/1654 1.0 (reference) 502/788 1.0 (0.9–1.2) 456/628 1.1 (1.0–1.3) 604/694 1.1 (1.0–1.3) 0.048
Sausage 1363/2327 1.0 (reference) 276/426 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 466/610 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 438/401 1.3 (1.1–1.5) 0.006
Hotdogs/franks 1560/2554 1.0 (reference) 216/340 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 378/473 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 389/397 1.2 (1.0–1.4) 0.050
Fish 849/1131 1.0 (reference) 599/961 1.0 (0.8–1.1) 583/793 1.1 (0.9–1.2) 512/879 0.9 (0.7–1.0) 0.156
Chicken 649/892 1.0 (reference) 608/975 1.0 (0.9–1.2) 786/1266 1.0 (0.9–1.2) 428/631 1.0 (0.9–1.2) 0.809
1

n: Number of cases/controls.

2

Adjusted for age, sex, race, study sites, educational attainment, indications for colonoscopy, smoking, alcohol consumption, BMI, physical activity, regular NSAIDs use, total energy intake, and recruitment before or after colonoscopy.

3

N/A: not available.