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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Aug;18(8):2310–2317. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0211

Table 2.

Lifestyle and demographic factors and the risk of serrated polyps

Variables Serrated Polyps P difference Advanced Serrated Polyps P difference
Left Right Left Right


N Total n cases RR (95% CI) n cases RR (95% CI) n cases RR (95% CI) n cases (95% CI)
Family history of polyps
 No 1997 461 1.0 172 1.0 56 1.00 36 1.00
 Yes 521 133 1.15 (0.96–1.40) 60 1.39 (1.04–1.86) 0.21 21 0.98 (0.60–1.60) 17 1.42 (0.82–2.43) 0.07
Family history of CRC
 No 1831 435 1.0 161 1.0 48 1.0 33 1.0
 Yes 687 159 1.03 (0.88–1.22) 71 1.21 (0.92–1.60) 0.19 29 1.24 (0.80–1.93) 20 1.23 (0.74–2.06) 0.22
Sex
 Male 2009 488 1.0 181 1.0 53 1.0 44 1.0
 Female 821 184 0.98 (0.84–1.14) 80 1.07 (0.82–1.39) 0.27 34 1.35 (0.87–2.08) 24 1.16 (0.72–1.87) 0.65
Race
 White 2412 619 1.0 235 1.0 79 1.0 64 1.0
 Black 193 31 0.59 (0.42–0.81) 15 0.75 (0.44–1.27) 4 0.54 (0.20–1.50) 2 0.41 (0.11–1.55)
 Hispanic 105 7 0.31 (0.16–0.62) 4 0.41 (0.15–1.09) 3 0.57 (0.17–1.92) 1 0.31 (0.05–2.05)
 Other 116 15 0.62 (0.38–1.00) 7 0.64 (0.30–1.35) 0.62 1 0.39 (0.05–2.82) 1 0.38 (0.06–2.45) +
Age (yrs.)
 < 61 years 1409 352 1.0 140 1.0 53 1.0 37 1.0
 ≥ 61 years 1421 320 0.94 (0.82–1.08) 121 0.86 (0.68–1.10) 0.71 34 0.98 (0.63–1.51) 31 1.06 (0.67–1.68) 0.59
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
 <25 903 191 1.0 81 1.0 25 1.0 25 1.0
 25 to 29.9 1355 308 1.09 (0.92–1.28) 113 0.96 (0.73–1.27) 38 1.11 (0.68–1.83 38 0.84 (0.49–1.45)
 ≥ 30 648 172 1.27 (1.06–1.53) 65 1.13 (0.83–1.56) 0.59 21 1.64 (0.97–2.79) 21 1.33 (0.75–2.36) 0.52
P for trend 0.01 0.48 0.07 0.35
Smoking*
 Never 1027 163 1.0 95 1.0 22 1.0 23 1.0
 Former 1272 333 1.67 (1.41–1.97) 113 0.98 (0.75–1.28) 39 1.74 (1.02–2.98) 32 1.21 (0.72–2.03)
 Current 511 173 2.18 (1.80–2.65) 52 1.11 (0.80–1.54) 0.0001 26 3.42 (1.91–6.11) 13 1.51 (0.80–2.86) 0.94
Alcohol
 Non-drinker 856 192 1.0 85 1.0 24 1.0 19 1.0
 Drinker 1849 457 1.05 (0.90–1.22) 164 0.88 (0.68–1.14) 0.12 62 1.19 (0.73–1.92) 48 1.20 (0.73–1.98) 0.94
*

RR adjusted for age, sex, center, treatment, time since randomization, study number, and smoking status (when not the stratifying variable)

+

Results could not be calculated because model did not converge.