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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Cancer. 2014 Sep 29;66(7):1187–1199. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2014.951737

Table 6. Consumption of foods and drinks that promote weight gain and breast cancer risk among EA women by hormone receptor status.

(frequency of intake/week) ER+Ca (n) ER-Ca (n) Co (n) ER+ vs. Co ER- vs. Co
OR1 95% CI OR2 95% CI OR1 95% CI OR2 95% CI
Energy dense foods
Q1 (≤3) 103 18 198 Ref Ref Ref Ref
Q2 (3.1-6) 89 22 151 1.10 0.75-1.61 1.17 0.79-1.72 1.48 0.75-2.93 1.47 0.74-2.92
Q3 (6.1-11) 109 28 184 1.22 0.85-1.76 1.36 0.93-1.99 1.54 0.80-2.99 1.52 0.76-3.01
Q4 (>11) 112 22 168 1.38 0.95-2.00 1.75 1.14-2.69 1.47 0.74-2.94 1.43 0.65-3.13
P for linear trend 0.08 0.01 0.37 0.50
Fast foods
Q1 (≤1) 89 21 187 Ref Ref Ref Ref
Q2 (1.1-2) 96 21 180 1.37 0.94-2.02 1.42 0.96-2.08 1.07 0.55-2.10 1.06 0.54-2.09
Q3 (2.1-3) 95 17 132 1.86 1.24-2.79 1.98 1.31-3.00 1.25 0.60-2.59 1.24 0.59-2.59
Q4 (>3) 133 31 202 1.60 1.09-2.34 1.84 1.22-2.77 1.46 0.76-2.79 1.42 0.70-2.87
P for linear trend 0.03 0.006 0.22 0.29
Sugary drinks
None 292 58 512 Ref Ref Ref Ref
Low (≤1) 67 15 120 1.00 0.70-1.43 1.01 0.71-1.45 1.08 0.57-2.05 1.08 0.57-2.05
High (>1) 54 17 69 1.35 0.88-2.07 1.40 0.91-2.16 1.86 0.96-3.61 1.82 0.93-3.57
P for linear trend 0.17 0.13 0.07 0.08

Ca – case; Co- control

OR1: Adjusted for age, ethnicity, country of origin, education, age at menarche, menopausal status, parity, age at first birth, breastfeeding status, family history of breast cancer, HRT use, OC use, history of benign breast disease, study site, BMI, total MET hours per week

OR2: Further adjusted for total energy intake