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. 2014 Jan 27;14:45. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-45

Table 4.

Association of serum PFOS and PFOA levels to CRC cancer diagnosis in adults21 years of age, stratifed by BMI

 
Obese (BMI ≥ 30, N = 66 cases)
Non-obese (BMI < 30, N = 142 cases)
P for interaction
 
Cases Controls Odds ratio 95% CI
P Cases Controls Odds ratio 95% CI
P
  Lower Upper Lower Upper
PFOS quartiles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 First (reference)
27
4273
1.00
 
 
 
52
7384
1.00
 
 
 
0.65
 Second
10
4223
0.26
0.13
0.55
0.0004
29
7565
0.42
0.26
0.67
0.0002
 
 Third
14
4205
0.30
0.16
0.58
0.0004
28
7633
0.30
0.19
0.49
<0.00001
 
 Fourth
15
4086
0.23
0.12
0.44
<0.00001
33
7782
0.25
0.16
0.39
<0.00001
 
Test for trend
 
 
 
 
 
<0.00001
 
 
 
 
 
<0.00001
 
PFOA quartiles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 First (reference)
16
4395
1.00
 
 
 
42
7193
1.00
 
 
 
0.09
 Second
12
4452
0.62
0.29
1.32
0.22
24
7536
0.44
0.26
0.73
0.002
 
 Third
16
4100
0.69
0.34
1.39
0.30
33
7696
0.45
0.28
0.72
0.001
 
 Fourth
22
3840
0.87
0.45
1.67
0.67
43
7939
0.52
0.34
0.80
0.003
 
Test for trend           0.57           0.001