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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 4.

Dietary factors and the risk of serrated polyps

Dietary variables N Total Serrated Polyps P for right-left difference Advanced Serrated Polyps P for right-left difference
Left Right Left Right


n cases RR* (95% CI) n cases RR* (95% CI) n cases RR* (95% CI) n cases RR* (95% CI)
Total Dietary Fiber
 Q1 677 175 1.00 64 1.00 18 1.00 15 1.00
 Q2 676 185 1.08 (0.90 – 1.29) 58 0.92 (0.65 – 1.29) 31 1.47 (0.85–2.53) 20 1.32 (0.69–2.50)
 Q3 680 155 0.91 (0.75 – 1.11) 69 1.06 (0.76 – 1.48) 23 1.18 (0.66–2.10) 16 1.09 (0.55–2.14)
 Q4 678 137 0.88 (0.72 –1.08) 59 0.95 (0.67 – 1.36) 0.17 14 0.81 (0.42–1.57) 16 1.16 (0.58–2.31) 0.48
p-trend 0.10 0.99 0.41 0.83
Carbohydrates
 Q1 676 175 1.00 53 1.00 14 1.00 13 1.00
 Q2 679 175 1.00 (0.83 – 1.20) 68 1.30 (0.92 – 1.84) 30 1.95 (1.04–3.63) 20 1.48 (0.76–2.87)
 Q3 680 173 1.00 (0.83 – 1.21) 74 1.38 (0.98 – 1.95) 25 1.57 (0.82–3.00) 18 1.28 (0.64–2.54)
 Q4 676 129 0.82 (0.67 – 1.01) 55 1.07 (0.74 – 1.56) 17 0.97 (0.48–1.97) 16 1.07 (0.52–2.18)
p-trend 0.09 0.63 0.20 0.58 0.98 0.73
Fat—total
 Q1 679 124 1.00 46 1.00 16 1.00 12 1.00
 Q2 679 165 1.27 (1.03 – 1.56) 73 1.60 (1.12 – 2.28) 26 1.53 (0.84–2.77) 20 1.65 (0.85–3.21)
 Q3 676 191 1.45 (1.19 – 1.77) 63 1.36 (0.94 – 1.96) 25 1.86 (1.02–3.41) 23 2.38 (1.24–4.57)
 Q4 677 172 1.27 (1.03 – 1.56) 68 1.45 (1.01 – 2.10) 19 1.40 (0.74–2.65) 12 1.15 (0.54–2.42)
p-trend 0.01 0.13 0.37 0.22 0.43 0.40
Red Meat
 Q1 697 138 1.00 59 1.00 18 1.0 20 1.00
 Q2 681 164 1.10 (0.90 – 1.35) 67 1.15 (0.82 – 1.63) 19 1.00 (0.54–1.85) 25 1.47 (0.82–2.63)
 Q3 663 167 1.12 (0.91 – 1.39) 66 1.15 (0.80 – 1.66) 24 1.79 (0.97–3.32) 13 0.95 (0.46–1.96)
 Q4 669 182 1.17 (0.93 – 1.48) 58 1.03 (0.68 – 1.57) 0.37 25 1.93 (0.97–3.84) 9 0.82 (0.34–1.96) 0.93
p-trend 0.19 0.86 0.02 0.56
Total energy intake
 Q1 677 146 1.00 62 1.00 20 1.00 21 1.00
 Q2 678 153 1.00 (0.82 – 1.22) 60 0.94 (0.67 – 1.33) 27 1.77 (1.04–3.03) 26 1.37 (0.79–2.37)
 Q3 680 170 1.07 (0.88 – 1.31) 61 0.93 (0.66 – 1.33) 18 1.41 (0.77–2.58) 10 0.59 (0.28–1.22)
 Q4 676 183 1.16 (0.94 –1.42) 67 1.01 (0.71 – 1.44) 0.78 21 2.28 (1.23–4.24) 10 0.70 (0.33–1.51) 0.88
p-trend 0.12 0.96 0.03 0.14
*

RR adjusted for age, sex, center, treatment, time since randomization, study number, smoking status, and log calories