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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2012 Jul 11;5(9):1115–1123. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-12-0010

Table 3.

Final multivariate logistic model for nondysplastic Barrett’s esophagus

Risk factor Adjusteda OR (95% CI)
Age
 Per 5 years 1.14 (1.06–1.23)
Sex
 Women 1.00 (Ref)
 Men 2.17 (1.50–3.14)
Smoking status
 Never smoker 1.00 (Ref)
 Ex-smoker 1.41 (0.96–2.06)
 Current smoker 1.93 (1.15–3.24)
Body mass index last year (kg/m2)
 < 25 1.00 (Ref)
 25–29.9 0.96 (0.64–1.44)
 ≥ 30 1.41 (0.90–2.22)
Education
 University 1.00 (Ref)
 Technical College/Diploma 1.29 (0.77–2.15)
 School only 2.08 (1.23–3.50)
Frequency of use of acid suppressant medications (H2Rs or PPIs) in the past 5 years
 Never 1.00 (Ref)
 Ever 2.07 (1.46–2.93)

AUC (95%CI)
 Development dataset 0.70 (0.66–0.74)
 Validation dataset 0.61 (0.56–0.66)

AUC, area under the receiver operator characteristic curve; CI, confidence interval; H2R, H2-receptor antagonist; OR, odds ratio; PPI, proton pump inhibitor.

a

Odds ratios were adjusted for all other terms in the table.