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. 2016 May 27;6:26760. doi: 10.1038/srep26760

Table 5. Associations between dietary patterns (quintile) and non-small cell lung cancer risk by smoking status.

Dietary Patterns Never smokers
Former smokers
Current smokers
P for interaction
Cases/controls ORa (95% CI) Cases/controls ORb (95% CI) Cases/controls ORb (95% CI)
Fruits and vegetables
 Quintile 1 (low) 73/67 Reference 205/130 Reference 300/237 Reference 0.03
 Quintile 2 65/86 0.87 (0.53–1.41) 198/171 0.93 (0.68–1.28) 195/174 1.01 (0.76–1.34)  
 Quintile 3 75/82 0.97 (0.60–1.57) 208/198 0.85 (0.62–1.16) 132/154 0.83 (0.61–1.13)  
 Quintile 4 80/89 1.06 (0.66–1.70) 219/215 0.95 (0.69-1.29) 82/128 0.60 (0.42–0.85)  
 Quintile 5 (high) 89/104 0.99 (0.62–1.58) 179/251 0.66 (0.48–0.90) 39/77 0.54 (0.34–0.84)  
P for trend   0.73   0.02   <0.001  
American/Western
 Quintile 1 (low) 67/93 Reference 218/244 Reference 82/ 97 Reference 0.44
 Quintile 2 69/101 1.15 (0.72–1.82) 171/196 1.04 (0.78–1.38) 94/135 0.90 (0.59–1.37)  
 Quintile 3 76/87 1.35 (0.84–2.15) 192/197 1.08 (0.81–1.44) 128/149 0.97 (0.65–1.46)  
 Quintile 4 79/83 1.46 (0.91–2.32) 214/171 1.31 (0.98–1.75) 189/178 1.25 (0.85–1.83)  
 Quintile 5 (high) 91/64 2.01 (1.25–3.24) 214/157 1.39 (1.03–1.87) 255/211 1.26 (0.87–1.83)  
P for trend   0.002   0.01   0.03  
Tex-Mex
 Quintile 1 (low) 115/91 Reference 333/198 Reference 241/145 Reference 0.87
 Quintile 2 73/68 0.82 (0.52–1.29) 232/216 0.61 (0.47–0.80) 167/148 0.64 (0.47–0.89)  
 Quintile 3 69/84 0.64 (0.42–1.00) 182/182 0.59 (0.44–0.78) 131/167 0.54 (0.39–0.75)  
 Quintile 4 64/89 0.59 (0.38–0.92) 135/187 0.45 (0.33–0.60) 109/156 0.48 (0.34–0.67)  
 Quintile 5 (high) 61/96 0.50 (0.32–0.78) 127/182 0.44 (0.33–0.60) 100/154 0.45 (0.32–0.63)  
P for trend   0.001   <0.001   <0.001  

aAdjusted for age, sex, education, family history of lung cancer among 1° relatives, body mass index, physical activity, and total energy intake.

bAdjusted for age, sex, education, pack-years, family history of lung cancer among 1° relatives, body mass index, physical activity, and total energy intake.

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.