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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Cancer. 2009;61(1):36–46. doi: 10.1080/01635580802348658

TABLE 3.

Consumption of heterocyclic amines and breast cancer riska

All Women
Premenopausal
Postmenopausal
Cases Controls OR (95% CI)b OR (95% CI)c Cases Controls OR (95% CI)c Cases Controls OR (95% CI)c
PhIP
 Quintile 1 532 701 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 191 211 1.00 (ref) 321 469 1.00 (ref)
 Quintile 2 598 702 1.13 (0.97–1.33) 1.14 (0.97–1.34) 223 269 0.97 (0.73–1.27) 360 414 1.27 (1.03–1.56)
 Quintile 3 510 684 0.99 (0.84–1.16) 1.05 (0.88–1.25) 203 261 0.99 (0.75–1.30) 290 395 1.12 (0.90–1.39)
 Quintile 4 555 719 1.04 (0.88–1.22) 1.10 (0.91–1.32) 242 290 1.05 (0.80–1.38) 286 396 1.11 (0.89–1.38)
 Quintile 5 491 702 0.96 (0.81–1.13) 1.04 (0.84–1.29) 207 315 0.87 (0.63–1.09) 262 349 1.21 (0.97–1.52)
P for trend 0.33 0.83 0.38 0.31
DiMeIQx
 Quintile 1 581 772 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 235 269 1.00 (ref) 326 472 1.00 (ref)
 Quintile 2 503 631 1.02 (0.87–1.20) 1.05 (0.89–1.23) 203 225 1.03 (0.78–1.35) 278 383 1.03 (0.83–1.28)
 Quintile 3 555 690 1.03 (0.88–1.21) 1.06 (0.91–1.25) 207 270 0.91 (0.70–1.19) 326 398 1.17 (0.94–1.44)
 Quintile 4 543 708 0.99 (0.85–1.16) 1.03 (0.88–1.21) 217 283 0.92 (0.71–1.20) 308 399 1.12 (0.91–1.39)
 Quintile 5 504 707 0.94 (0.81–1.11) 1.01 (0.85–1.18) 204 299 0.85 (0.66–1.11) 281 371 1.18 (0.95–1.48)
P for trend 0.44 0.89 0.22 0.07
MeIQx
 Quintile 1 527 697 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 221 263 1.00 (ref) 287 412 1.00 (ref)
 Quintile 2 542 707 1.01 (0.86–1.19) 1.04 (0.88–1.22) 230 294 0.98 (0.75–1.26) 285 389 1.06 (0.85–1.33)
 Quintile 3 539 701 0.97 (0.83–1.14) 1.02 (0.87–1.21) 202 264 0.96 (0.73–1.25) 323 408 1.11 (0.89–1.39)
 Quintile 4 548 702 0.98 (0.83–1.15) 1.05 (0.89–1.24) 207 270 0.95 (0.72–1.24) 316 394 1.19 (0.95–1.49)
 Quintile 5 530 701 0.94 (0.80–1.10) 1.06 (0.89–1.25) 206 255 1.04 (0.79–1.37) 308 420 1.11 (0.90–1.40)
P for trend 0.37 0.53 0.94 0.20
Total mutagenic activity
 Quintile 1 547 701 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 215 246 1.00 (ref) 315 435 1.00 (ref)
 Quintile 2 530 702 0.95 (0.81–1.12) 0.98 (0.83–1.16) 200 265 0.91 (0.69–1.19) 309 417 1.04 (0.84–1.28)
 Quintile 3 511 702 0.91 (0.78–1.07) 0.97 (0.82–1.14) 201 279 0.90 (0.69–1.18) 287 397 1.03 (0.83–1.29)
 Quintile 4 580 702 1.02 (0.87–1.20) 1.08 (0.92–1.28) 250 275 1.09 (0.83–1.42) 309 390 1.14 (0.91–1.41)
 Quintile 5 518 701 0.91 (0.77–1.07) 1.01 (0.85–1.19) 200 281 0.88 (0.67–1.16) 299 384 1.17 (0.93–1.46)
P for trend 0.45 0.51 0.92 0.12
a

Abbreviations are as follows: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; PhIP, 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine; ref, reference; DiMeIQx, 2-amino-3,4,8-trimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline’; MeIQx, 2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline.

b

Adjusted for age and state of residence.

c

Adjusted for age, state of residence, body mass index, education, alcohol intake, age at menarche, menopausal status (only in analysis for all women), age at first birth, family history of breast cancer, history of benign breast disease, parity, postmenopausal hormone use, multivitamin use, total fruits and vegetables intake, and smoking (smoking status and pack years).