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. 2003 Jul 15;9(7):1598–1600. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i7.1598

Table 2.

Results from meta-analysis of risk factors of colorectal cancer

Factors Number of references Pooled OR and 95%CI Factors Number of references Pooled OR and 95%CI
(1) History of chronic diarrhea 7 4.80 (4.30-5.37) (8) Pickled vegetables 3 1.86 (1.67-2.07)
(2) History of fecal mucohemorrhage 5 7.18 (5.06-10.21) (9) High lipid food 3 3.16 (2.22-4.51)
(3) History of bowel polyps 5 12.69 (7.49-21.48) (10) Proper physical activities 4 0.74 (0.72-0.77)
(4) History of constipation 4 2.23 (1.95-2.54) (11) Alcohol drinking 5 1.06 (0.91-1.24)
(5) History of appendicitis 3 1.98 (1.71-2.28) (12) Cigarette smoking 5 1.40 (1.10-1.77)
(6) Dietary fibers 5 0.79 (0.59-0.99) (13) Emotional trauma 4 2.95 (2.81-3.09)
(7) Fish fry-cooked with soybean sauce
4
2.99 (2.69-3.35)
(14) Family history of cancers
7
2.27 (2.12-2.44)
(1) references: 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 13, 14 (2) references: 1, 5, 7, 9, 13 (3) references: 1, 2, 5, 7, 12
(4) references: 1, 5, 7, 9 (5) references: 1, 2, 5 (6) references: 4, 6, 10, 11, 14
(7) references: 1, 5, 6, 7 (8) references: 2, 6, 14 (9) references: 4, 5, 14
(10) references: 4, 10, 13, 14 (11) references: 2, 5, 8, 13, 14 (12) references: 2, 5, 6, 8, 14
(13) references: 1, 4, 5, 7 (14) references: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14