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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 2.
Published in final edited form as: Gut. 2011 Sep 19;61(5):665–672. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300641

Table 4.

Adjusted tertiles of IGF-1 and IGFBPs in BO cases compared with GORD controls, screening colonoscopy controls and matched colonoscopy control subset: analyses adjusted for age, gender, race (Caucasian vs other) and waist-to-hip ratio

Tertiles
1 2 3 p Value* 1 2 3 p Value* 1 2 3 p Value*
BO cases vs GORD controls BO cases vs screening colonoscopy controls BO cases vs matched colonoscopy controls
IGF-1
 Range, ng/ml <155 155–211 >211 0.10 <94.4 94.4–130.9 >130.9 <0.001 <95.3 95.3–133.1 >133.1 <0.0001
 Cases 74 28 31 33 24 76 10 17 52
 Controls 49 42 44 311 310 311 61 60 61
 OR (95% CI) 1.0 (referent) 0.5 (0.25 to 1.05) 0.57 (0.27 to 1.17) 1.0 (referent) 1.77 (0.81 to 3.88) 4.05 (2.01 to 8.17) 1.0 (referent) 2.21 (0.87 to 5.56) 5.83 (2.54 to 13.36)
IGFBP-1
 Range, ng/ml <4.54 4.54–14.9 >14.9 0.94 <13.2 13.9–31.5 >31.5 <0.001 <13.8 13.8–29.3 >29.3 <0.0001
 Cases 45 47 41 91 32 10 49 23 8
 Controls 49 42 44 318 306 308 60 61 60
 OR (95% CI) 1.0 (referent) 1.12 (0.57 to 2.44) 1.04 (0.49 to 2.16) 1.0 (referent) 0.34 (0.19 to 0.61) 0.11 (0.05 to 0.24) 1.0 (referent) 0.47 (0.24 to 0.91) 0.17 (0.07 to 0.43)
IGFBP-3
 Range, ng/ml <3327 3327–3977 >3977 0.02 <3286 3286–4020 >4020 <0.001 <3001 3001–3908 >3908 0.05
 Cases 81 36 16 81 36 16 30 35 15
 Controls 48 42 45 313 309 310 61 60 61
 OR (95% CI) 1.0 (referent) 0.77 (0.38 to 1.57) 0.36 (0.16 to 0.81) 1.0 (referent) 0.92 (0.52 to 1.61) 0.40 (0.20 to 0.79) 1.0 (referent) 1.04 (0.54 to 2.00) 0.45 (0.20 to 0.98)
Molar
 Range <0.15 0.15–0.21 >0.21 0.34 <0.104 0.104–0.119 >0.119 <0.001 <0.106 0.106–0.135 >0.135 <0.0001
 Cases 51 43 39 30 8 95 6 11 61
 Controls 55 40 40 351 194 387 61 60 61
 OR (95% CI) 1.0 (referent) 1.71 (0.84 to 3.44) 1.41 (0.68 to 2.94) 1.0 (referent) 0.90 (0.31 to 2.52) 4.72 (2.24 to 9.92) 1.0 (referent) 2.36 (0.76 to 7.32) 16.82 (5.71 to 49.5)
*

p Value denotes trend across tertiles.

Molar represents molar ratio of IGF-1 to IGFBP-3.

BO, Barrett’s oesophagus; GORD, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease; IGF-1, insulin growth factor 1; IGFBP-1, IGFBP-3, IGF binding proteins 1 and 3.