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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2015 Mar 24;121(13):2244–2252. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29329

Table 2.

Multivariablea-adjusted HRs and 95% CI for the association between dietary PUFA intake and all-cause mortality among a population-based sample of women with breast cancer (N=1,463), LIBCSP, 1996/1997 through 2011(an average of 14.7 years of follow-up)

PUFA Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
p for
linear
trend
D HR D HR 95% CI D HR 95% CI D HR 95% CI
Total PUFA 124 1.00 128 1.12 0.87, 1.44 110 0.97 0.73, 1.27 123 1.16 0.84, 1.61 0.37
Total ω-3 124 1.00 116 0.93 0.71, 1.21 124 1.07 0.82, 1.41 121 1.00 0.72, 1.38 0.45
    ALA 114 1.00 129 1.18 0.91, 1.52 121 1.18 0.90, 1.55 121 1.14 0.83, 1.57 0.16
    DPA 136 1.00 131 0.93 0.73, 1.19 99 0.66 0.51, 0.86 119 0.84 0.64, 1.10 0.09
    DHA 139 1.00 130 0.93 0.73, 1.18 105 0.73 0.56, 0.94 111 0.71 0.55, 0.92 0.04
    EPA 136 1.00 131 0.93 0.73, 1.18 102 0.70 0.54, 0.91 116 0.75 0.58, 0.97 0.08
Total ω-6 122 1.00 124 1.10 0.85, 1.42 112 1.04 0.79, 1.38 127 1.27 0.92, 1.76 0.38
    LA 121 1.00 126 1.14 0.88, 1.47 111 1.05 0.79, 1.39 127 1.30 0.94, 1.79 0.38
    AA 122 1.00 120 1.00 0.78, 1.30 113 0.89 0.68, 1.16 130 1.15 0.87, 1.52 0.54
ω-3/ω-6 124 1.00 113 0.89 0.69, 1.14 128 0.93 0.73, 1.19 120 0.85 0.66, 1.09 0.27

Note:

D=deaths, LIBCSP=Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project

a

Multivariable-adjusted HRs and 95% CI adjusted age (5-year age group) and total energy intake (kcal/day)