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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2011 Jul 15;4(11):1799–1807. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-11-0107

Table 5.

Association between aspirin and NSAID use and adenomatous and hyperplastic polyp risk stratified by polyp location, the Tennessee Colorectal Polyp Study

Adenomatous Polyp
Control Proximal Distal Rectal

Exposures n OR*(95% CI) n OR*(95% CI) n OR*(95% CI)
NSAID use
 Never 1654 268 1.00 253 1.00 59 1.00
 Baby aspirin only 701 139 0.90 (0.71–1.15) 100 0.72 (0.55–0.94) 33 0.99 (0.62–1.57)
 Regular aspirin only 352 66 0.79 (0.58–1.08) 51 0.61 (0.43–0.87) 17 0.92 (0.51–1.67)
 Non-aspirin NSAIDs only 343 60 0.90 (0.65–1.24) 38 0.57 (0.39–0.84) 10 0.73 (0.36–1.50)
 Any combination of NSAIDS 304 53 0.69 (0.49–0.98) 33 0.46 (0.30–0.69) 13 1.00 (0.52–1.91)

Hyperplastic Polyps
Control Proximal Distal Rectal

n OR*(95% CI) n OR*(95% CI) n OR*(95% CI)

NSAID use
 Never 1654 36 1.00 82 1.00 86 1.00
 Baby aspirin only 701 16 0.81 (0.43–1.51) 41 0.93 (0.61–1.42) 22 0.56 (0.34–0.93)
 Regular aspirin only 352 5 0.52 (0.98–1.07) 29 1.13 (0.70–1.83) 19 0.84 (0.49–1.45)
 Non-aspirin NSAIDs only 343 7 0.77 (0.33–1.79) 24 1.01 (0.61–1.65) 13 0.58 (0.31–1.09)
 Any combination of NSAIDS 304 6 0.73 (0.29–1.84) 12 0.54 (0.28–1.04) 19 0.91 (0.52–1.58)
*

Adjusted for age, gender, race, family history, education level, body mass index, energy intake, smoking status, alcohol use, physical activity, use of hormone replacement therapy, indication for colonoscopy, study site, and year of study enrollment.