Table 2.

Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for breast cancer according to servings of vegetables (5,707 cases and 6,389 controls)

	All women				Premenopausal			Postmenopausal
	Cases 5707	Controls 6389	OR1	OR2	Cases 2363	Controls 2594	OR2	Cases 3110	Controls 3516	OR2
All fruits and vegetables
<1 serving/day	269	306	1.0 (ref)	1.0 (ref)	141	152	1.0 (ref)	115	143	1.0 (ref)
1–<2 servings/day	1088	1222	1.00 (0.83 – 1.20)	1.01 (0.84 – 1.21)	527	546	1.07 (0.82 – 1.39)	507	616	0.98 (0.74 – 1.30)
2–<3 servings/day	1646	1815	1.01 (0.84 – 1.21)	1.01 (0.84 – 1.21)	685	733	1.03 (0.79 – 1.33)	901	1006	1.05 (0.80 – 1.37)
3–<4 servings/day	1346	1524	0.98 (0.82 – 1.18)	0.99 (0.82 – 1.19)	517	586	0.99 (0.76 – 1.29)	772	868	1.04 (0.79 – 1.36)
4–<5 servings/day	785	824	1.05 (0.87 – 1.27)	1.05 (0.87 – 1.28)	284	317	1.00 (0.75 – 1.34)	472	465	1.16 (0.87 – 1.55)
5 + servings/day	573	698	0.93 (0.76 – 1.13)	0.94 (0.76 – 1.15)	209	260	0.95 (0.70 – 1.28)	343	418	0.97 (0.72 – 1.30)
P for trend			0.60	0.24			0.14			0.88
All fruits
< 4 servings/week	1384	1606	1.0 (ref)	1.0 (ref)	662	721	1.0 (ref)	653	806	1.0 (ref)
4 –<5 servings/week	359	404	1.01 (0.86 – 1.19)	1.03 (0.88 – 1.21)	163	156	1.13 (0.88 – 1.45)	184	225	1.00 (0.80 – 1.25)
5–<6 servings/week	319	365	0.99 (0.84 – 1.17)	0.99 (0.84 – 1.18)	137	161	0.95 (0.73 – 1.22)	165	192	1.01 (0.79 – 1.28)
6–<7 servings/week	312	287	1.21 (1.01 – 1.45)	1.24 (1.03 – 1.48)	141	132	1.15 (0.88 – 1.50)	149	139	1.30 (0.99 – 1.67)
1–<2 servings/day	2477	2785	1.02 (0.93 – 1.11)	1.03 (0.93 – 1.13)	987	1107	1.01 (0.88 – 1.17)	1403	1552	1.07 (0.93 – 1.22)
2+ servings/day	856	942	1.05 (0.93 – 1.18)	1.08 (0.95 – 1.22)	273	317	1.00 (0.82 – 1.22)	556	602	1.13 (0.96 – 1.32)
P for trend			0.47	0.82			0.44			0.27
Carotenoid rich vegetables
< 4 servings/week	1027	1086	1.0 (ref)	1.0 (ref)	417	399	1.0 (ref)	572	644	1.0 (ref)
4–<5 servings/week	599	660	0.97 (0.84 – 1.11)	0.97 (0.84 – 1.11)	242	260	0.90 (0.72 – 1.13)	328	369	1.01 (0.83 – 1.22)
5–<6 servings/week	593	643	1.01 (0.87 – 1.16)	1.01 (0.88 – 1.17)	250	234	1.06 (0.84 – 1.33)	315	377	0.99 (0.81 – 1.19)
6–<7 servings/week	561	664	0.92 (0.80 – 1.06)	0.92 (0.80 – 1.07)	218	272	0.80 (0.64 – 1.01)	321	364	1.03 (0.85 – 1.25)
1–<2 servings/day	2285	2483	1.02 (0.92 – 1.13)	1.00 (0.90 – 1.12)	949	1065	0.89 (0.75 – 1.05)	1247	1306	1.11 (0.96 – 1.28)
2+ servings/day	642	653	0.86 (0.75 – 0.99)	0.83 (0.73 – 0.96)	287	364	0.83 (0.67 – 1.03)	327	456	0.84 (0.69 – 1.01)
P for trend			0.41	0.07			0.03			0.78
Cruciferous vegetables
<1 servings/week	1179	1298	1.0 (ref)	1.0 (ref)	569	579	1.0 (ref)	559	668	1.0 (ref)
1–<2 servings/week	1346	1548	0.96 (0.86 – 1.07)	0.95 (0.85 – 1.06)	555	646	0.88 (0.75 – 1.04)	743	835	1.03 (0.89 – 1.20)
2–<3 servings/week	1133	1327	0.93 (0.83 – 1.04)	0.91 (0.81 – 1.02)	466	545	0.86 (0.72 – 1.02)	627	719	0.99 (0.84 – 1.15)
3–<4 servings/week	729	762	1.04 (0.91 – 1.18)	1.04 (0.91 – 1.19)	275	281	1.01 (0.82 – 1.24)	421	451	1.07 (0.90 – 1.28)
4–<5 servings/week	471	519	0.98 (0.84 – 1.13)	0.96 (0.83 – 1.12)	173	191	0.91 (0.72 – 1.16)	280	305	1.05 (0.86 – 1.28)
5+ servings/week	849	935	0.97 (0.86 – 1.10)	0.97 (0.85 – 1.09)	325	352	0.96 (0.79 – 1.17)	480	538	1.00 (0.84 – 1.19)
P for trend			0.94	0.99			0.75			0.81

¹Age and state adjusted

²Adjusted for age, state, family history of breast cancer, age at first birth, alcohol intake, education, age at menarche, benign breast disease, multivitamin use, body mass index, smoking (status and packyears), hormone replacement therapy, parity, menopausal status