Table 4.

Comparison of fruit and vegetable consumption (5 yr before interview date) between controls and Barrett’s oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma patients

	Controls	Barrett's Oesophagus			Oesophageal adenocarcinoma
	No.	No.	Adjusted1 OR (95% CI)	Adjusted1 + GOR OR (95% CI)	No.	Adjusted1 OR (95% CI)	Adjusted1 + GOR OR (95% CI)
Fruit and vegetables (portions/wk)
<20	85	105	1.00	1.00	98	1.00	1.00
20-34	86	58	0.58 (0.36 to 0.92)	0.50 (0.30 to 0.84)	61	0.64 (0.39 to 1.04)	0.60 (0.36 to 1.00)
> 34	86	60	0.61 (0.38 to 0.98)	0.67 (0.40 to 1.15)	65	0.67 (0.41 to 1.12)	0.71 (0.43 to 1.19)
Fruit (portions/wk)
< 5	83	94	1.00	1.00	109	1.00	1.00
5-20	87	76	0.78 (0.49 to 1.23)	0.91 (0.55 to 1.51)	63	0.52 (0.32 to 0.85)	0.56 (0.34 to 0.92)
> 20	87	53	0.57 (0.35 to 0.94)	0.64 (0.37 to 1.12)	53	0.47 (0.28 to 0.80)	0.50 (0.30 to 0.86)
Vegetables (portions/wk)
< 12	83	90	1.00	1.00	66	1.00	1.00
12-17	85	68	0.76 (0.48 to 1.21)	0.75 (0.45 to 1.25)	71	1.13 (0.68 to 1.86)	1.12 (0.67 to 1.87)
> 17	89	65	0.72 (0.44 to 1.15)	0.82 (0.48 to 1.39)	87	1.38 (0.84 to 2.28)	1.49 (0.89 to 2.48)

GOR: gastro-oesophageal reflux; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.

¹Adjusted for sex, age at interview date, smoking status (never, ex-, current), alcohol intake (grams), energy intake (kilocalories), body mass index (5 yr prior to interview), years of full-time education and job type (manual, non-manual).