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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 May 20;20(7):1368–1378. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0027

Table 3.

Invasive colorectal cancer outcomes (annualized%) for White and African American women

Model 1a
Model 2b
N (Annualized%) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
Proximal invasive colorectal cancer
  White 882 (0.06%) 1.00 1.00
  African–American 103 (0.07%) 1.25 (1.02, 1.54) 1.18 (0.91, 1.51)
P-value c 0.03 0.21
Distal invasive colorectal cancer
  White 403 (0.03%) 1.00 1.00
  African–American 46 (0.03%) 1.07 (0.79, 1.46) 0.96 (0.64, 1.42)
P-value c 0.66 0.83
Invasive rectal canced
  White 318 (0.02%) 1.00 1.00
  African–American 34 (0.02%) 0.99 (0.69, 1.41) 0.70 (0.43, 1.12)
P-value c 0.95 0.13
Death from colorectal cancer
  White 411 (0.03%) 1.00 1.00
  African–American 51 (0.04%) 0.92 (0.69, 1.24) 0.78 (0.53, 1.13)
P-value c 0.59 0.18
a

Adjusted for age and stratified on WHI trial and extension study participation.

b

Adjusted for age, education, diabetes, body mass index, physical activity, smoking, alcohol use, NSAID use, total dietary energy, dietary fiber, red meat, fruits and vegetables, total calcium intake, prior colon screening, history of colon polyp removal, family history of colorectal cancer, and prior menopausal hormone use and stratified on WHI trial and extension study participation.

c

P-value is from a Wald χ2 test for the main effect of race/ethnicity.

d

Includes rectum and rectosigmoid junction sites.