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Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Oncol. 2014 Jun 26;5(4):359–367. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2014.06.002

Table 3.

Difference between the slope of the cancer-free group and the incident cancer groups for pre- and post-cancer contact years, adjusted for age: The ARIC Study, 1992-2005.

	Within 3 years pre-event		Within 1 year post-event		Within 5 years post-event

	Estimate	95% CI	Estimate	95% CI	Estimate	95% CI

Lung Cancer	-3.64^*	-5.89, -1.39	-33.16^*	-35.22, -31.09	-19.86^*	-25.90, -13.82
Female Breast	-1.79	-3.78, 0.21	-5.46^*	-7.21, -3.70	-3.17^*	-6.01, -0.34
Prostate Cancer	-0.18	-1.84, 1.47	-2.66^*	-4.14, -1.18	-3.60^*	-6.04, -1.16
Colorectal Cancer	-1.44	-3.93, 1.05	-16.12^*	-18.39, -13.86	-4.49	-9.10, 0.12

Significant predictors (p<0.05).