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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2014 Dec 27;26(3):387–397. doi: 10.1007/s10552-014-0514-z

Table 4.

Associations (OR (95%CI)) between dietary patterns during the 2nd trimester of pregnancy and unilateral retinoblastoma

Conditional Logistic Model Unconditional Logistic Modela
n=91 matched setsb n=84 matched setsc Cases: n=182, Controls: n=144 Cases: n=162, Controls: n=136
Crude
OR
95% C.I. Adj
ORd
95% C.I. Crude
OR
95% C.I. Adj
ORd
95% C.I.
High fruit/veg, low fried food/sweets
 Continuous 0.89 0.76 1.04 0.75 0.61 0.92 0.85 0.75 0.96 0.88 0.77 1.01
  0–2 ref ~ ~ ref ~ ~ ref ~ ~ ref ~ ~
  3–5 1.09 0.52 2.31 0.60 0.24 1.54 0.75 0.44 1.30 0.97 0.52 1.81
  6–8 0.71 0.30 1.65 0.26 0.08 0.81 0.53 0.27 1.05 0.70 0.33 1.49
High fruit/veg, low red/cured meat
 Continuous 0.97 0.81 1.15 0.84 0.67 1.04 0.92 0.81 1.04 0.95 0.83 1.09
  0–2 ref ~ ~ ref ~ ~ ref ~ ~ ref ~ ~
  3–5 0.95 0.46 1.97 0.53 0.22 1.29 0.94 0.53 1.67 0.99 0.52 1.90
  6–8 0.89 0.35 2.29 0.55 0.17 1.73 0.65 0.32 1.29 0.73 0.34 1.58
a

Adjusted for matching variable age group

b

Unilateral retinoblastoma cases and cancer-free controls were matched on age group at time of interview (0–1, 2–3, 4–5, 6–7, 8–9, 10–11,12–13 and 14–15 years). One case missing vegetable intake was excluded.

c

Seven matched sets were dropped due to missing values for one of the adjustment variables.

d

Adjusted for mother’s race and education, mother smoked month before or during pregnancy, household income, prenatal vitamin use, and total calories per day.