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. 2014 Jun 10;111(3):598–602. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.309

Table 1. Epidemiologic characteristics of FCCTX compared with Lynch syndrome and non-Amsterdam Criteria-1 colorectal cases in the Colon Cancer Family Registry.

Characteristic, n (%) FCCTX (n=173) Lynch (n=303) Non-AC1 (n=9,603) FCCTX vs Lyncha ORb (95% CI) FCCTX vs non-AC1a ORb (95% CI) Lynch vs non-AC1a ORb (95% CI)
Case characteristicsc
Age, mean (s.d.) 53.3 (11.3) 50.5 (11.4) 56.3 (12.0) 1.02 (1.00, 1.03) 0.99 (0.98, 1.00) 0.97 (0.96, 0.98)
Male gender 76 (44%) 149 (49%) 4797 (50%) 0.81 (0.56, 1.18) 0.80 (0.59, 1.09) 0.99 (0.79, 1.25)
BMI, mean (s.d.)
27.5 (6.6)
26.5 (5.8)
27.2 (5.8)
1.03 (0.10, 1.07)
1.02 (0.99, 1.04)
0.98 (0.96, 1.01)
Smoking
Never 85 (49%) 148 (49%) 4252 (45%) 1 (Reference) 1 (Reference) 1 (Reference)
Former 74 (43%) 106 (35%) 4198 (44%) 1.17 (0.78, 1.76) 0.99 (0.72, 1.37) 0.85 (0.65, 1.11)
Current
13 (8%)
49 (16%)
1096 (11%)
0.48 (0.24, 0.94)
0.62 (0.35, 1.13)
1.30 (0.93, 1.83)
Co-morbidities (yes/no) (% yes)
Diabetes 17/155 (9%) 20/283 (7%) 1154/8404 (12%) 1.48 (0.74, 2.94) 1.16 (0.69, 1.94) 0.78 (0.49, 1.25)
Hyperlipidemia 42/129 (24%) 79/222 (26%) 2995/6530 (31%) 0.84 (0.53, 1.31) 0.88 (0.61, 1.27) 1.05 (0.80, 1.39)
Aspirin 38/134 (22%) 68/231 (22%) 2771/6747 (29%) 0.83 (0.52, 1.34) 0.99 (0.68, 1.46) 1.19 (0.89, 1.60)
Acetaminophen 23/149 (13%) 51/250 (17%) 1469/8026 (15%) 0.72 (0.42, 1.23) 0.81 (0.52, 1.27) 1.13 (0.83, 1.55)
NSAIDs 31/141 (18%) 53/249 (17%) 1555/7910 (16%) 1.01 (0.62, 1.66) 1.16 (0.78, 1.73) 1.14 (0.84, 1.56)
Laxatives 39/133 (23%) 60/242 (20%) 2136/7375 (22%) 1.04 (0.65, 1.65) 1.04 (0.72, 1.51) 1.01 (0.75, 1.36)
Multivitamin 73/99 (42%) 131/171 (43%) 4829/4702 (50%) 0.88 (0.60, 1.31) 0.98 (0.71, 1.34) 1.10 (0.86, 1.41)
Folic acid 22/150 (13%) 39/261 (13%) 941/8528 (10%) 1.03 (0.58, 1.84) 1.13 (0.70, 1.80) 1.09 (0.76, 1.57)
Calcium
36/136 (21%)
59/244 (19%)
2507/7012 (26%)
0.84 (0.51, 1.38)
0.80 (0.54, 1.19)
0.95 (0.70, 1.30)
Female (yes/no) (% yes)
Oral hormonal contraceptives 70/27 (72%) 115/39 (75%) 2783/1972 (58%) 0.93 (0.50, 1.72) 1.31 (0.81, 2.12) 1.41 (0.95, 2.09)
PMH with uterus intact 23/41 (36%) 48/67 (41%) 1041/1805 (36%) 0.44 (0.05, 3.92) 0.90 (0.12, 6.80) 2.04 (0.76, 5.42)
PMH with hysterectomy 6/12 (33%) 12/26 (32%) 314/471 (39%) 0.68 (0.35, 1.34) 1.19 (0.68, 2.09) 1.76 (1.17, 2.64)

Abbreviations: AC1=Amsterdam Criteria-1; BMI=body mass index; FCCTX=Familial Colorectal Cancer Type X; PMH=post-menopausal hormone use; s.d.=standard deviation.

a

All models are adjusted for age at diagnosis, sex, and study site.

b

OR per one unit increase in continuous variables (age at diagnosis and BMI). For binary variables, the reference group is those without the characteristic.

c

Age=age at diagnosis (years); BMI=BMI two years prior to diagnosis (kg m−2).