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. 2014 Nov 7;30(1):57–70. doi: 10.1007/s10654-014-9966-4

Table 5.

Risk of cancer mortality in relation to fish consumption in quintiles (third quintile as reference), and as a continuous variable with 10 g increment

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Continuous, 10 g increment
Male
Total fish consumption(g/d)
N cases 747 711 939 1,012 1,043 4,452
HR crudea 1.06 (0.92–1.22) 1.01 (0.88–1.15) Ref 0.99 (0.88–1.11) 1.06 (0.94–1.20) 1.00 (0.99–1.02)
HR uncalibrated 1.06 (0.92–1.22) 0.98 (0.86–1.13) Ref 0.99 (0.88–1.12) 1.08 (0.95–1.23) 1.01 (0.99–1.02)
HR calibrated 1.02 (0.82–1.27) 1.01 (0.81–1.26) Ref 1.03 (0.83–1.28) 1.08 (0.87–1.34) 1.01 (0.99–1.04)
Lean fish consumption (g/d)
N cases 711 588 697 1,009 900 3,905
HR crudea 1.11 (0.95–1.30) 1.14 (0.97–1.33) Ref 1.08 (0.94–1.23) 1.11 (0.96–1.27) 1.01 (0.99–1.03)
HR uncalibrated 1.10 (0.94–1.30) 1.12 (0.96–1.31) Ref 1.09 (0.95–1.24) 1.12 (0.97–1.28) 1.01 (0.99–1.03)
HR calibrated 1.02 (0.83–1.25) 1.01 (0.82–1.23) Ref 1.08 (0.88–1.33) 1.04 (0.85–1.28) 1.01 (0.98–1.05)
Fatty fish consumption (g/d)
N cases 768 623 770 808 936 3,905
HR crudea 1.00 (0.87–1.15) 1.05 (0.90–1.22) Ref 0.97 (0.85–1.11) 1–02 (0.89–1.16) 1.00 (0.97–1.03)
HR uncalibrated 1.01 (0.88–1.16) 1.03 (0.89–1.20) Ref 0.99 (0.87–1.13) 1.02 (0.89–1.17) 1.00 (0.97–1.03)
HR calibrated 1.07 (0.88–1.31) 0.96 (0.78–1.17) Ref 1.15 (0.94–1.40) 1.07 (0.88–1.31) 1.00 (0.96–1.05)
Female
Total fish consumption (g/d)
N cases 1,454 1,319 1,501 1,501 1,496 7,271
HR crudea 1.05 (0.94–1.17) 1.01 (0.92–1.12) Ref 0.95 (0.86–1.04) 0.99 (0.90–1.09) 1.00 (0.99–1.01)
HR uncalibrated 1.04 (0.93–1.17) 1.00 (0.91–1.11) Ref 0.95 (0.87–1.05) 0.99 (0.90–1.00) 1.00 (0.99–1.01)
HR calibrated 1.05 (0.90–1.23) 0.98 (0.84–1.15) Ref 0.99 (0.85–1.15) 1.03 (0.88–1.20) 1.00 (0.97–1.04)
Lean fish consumption (g/d)
N cases 1,472 1,416 1,297 1,396 1,195 6,776
HR crudea 1.00 (0.90–1.12) 1.03 (0.92–1.15) Ref 0.96 (0.87–1.07) 0.95 (0.85–1.07) 1.00 (0.98–1.02)
HR uncalibrated 0.99 (0.89–1.10) 1.02 (0.91–1.14) Ref 0.96 (0.87–1.07) 0.95 (0.85–1.07) 1.00 (0.99–1.02)
HR calibrated 1.11 (0.94–1.30) 0.99 (0.84–1.17) Ref 1.03 (0.87–1.21) 1.02 (0.87–1.20) 1.00 (0.96–1.05)
Fatty fish consumption (g/d)
N cases 1,377 1,373 1,470 1,290 1,266 6,776
HR crudea 0.96 (0.87–1.07) 0.98 (0.88–1.08) Ref 0.89 (0.81–0.98) 0.93 (0.84–1.03) 1.00 (0.97–1.02)
HR uncalibrated 0.96 (0.86–1.06) 0.97 (0.88–1.08) Ref 0.90 (0.82–0.99) 0.94 (0.85–1.04) 1.00 (0.97–1.02)
HR calibrated 1.01 (0.87–1.17) 1.04 (0.89–1.20) Ref 0.96 (0.83–1.12) 1.07 (0.93–1.24) 1.01 (0.96–1.07)

Data for males and females are presented separately, with 99 % confidence intervals, statistically significant results in bold

Adjusted for energy from fat, energy from carbohydrates and proteins, dietary fibres, red meat, processed meat, vegetables, fruit, alcohol intake, body mass index, physical activity, smoking, education. Lean and fatty fish were mutually adjusted for

aStratified on age, unadjusted, uncalibrated