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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Oncol. 2016 Sep 1;2(9):1137–1145. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.0732

Table 3. Post-diagnosis body mass index (BMI) and mortality outcomes (N=3,157).


N Event Age, race, sex adjusted HR 95% CI MV-adjusted HR 95% CI


All-cause mortality


BMI (kg/m2)


 <18.5 78 38 3.71 (2.52, 5.45) 3.38 (2.19, 5.20)
 18.5-<23 539 108 Ref Ref
 23-<25 411 60 0.70 (0.51, 0.96) 0.72 (0.52, 1.02)
 25-<28 721 90 0.56 (0.42, 0.75) 0.56 (0.41, 0.77)
 28-<30 396 44 0.46 (0.32, 0.66) 0.39 (0.26, 0.58)
 30-<35 643 78 0.57 (0.42, 0.77) 0.51 (0.35, 0.73)
 35+ 400 72 0.96 (0.70, 1.30) 0.85 (0.56, 1.30)
CRC-specific mortality


 <18.5 78 25 3.25 (2.00, 5.27) 3.21 (1.88, 5.47)
 18.5-<23 539 70 Ref Ref
 23-<25 411 38 0.70 (0.47, 1.04) 0.69 (0.46, 1.05)
 25-<28 721 53 0.53 (0.37, 0.76) 0.50 (0.34, 0.75)
 28-<30 396 30 0.53 (0.34, 0.82) 0.42 (0.26, 0.67)
 30-<35 643 60 0.67 (0.47, 0.96) 0.56 (0.36, 0.85)
 35+ 400 45 0.86 (0.59, 1.27) 0.84 (0.51, 1.37)
*

Age-adjusted HR adjusted for age (continuous), sex, and race (White (ref), Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Other). MV-adjusted analysis adjusted additionally for stage (I (ref), II, III), grade (1, 2 (ref), 3, 4), chemotherapy (no (ref), yes), radiation (no (ref), yes), disease site (proximal (ref), distal, rectal), smoking (never (ref), past, current), physical activity (0, >0 to <120, 120+ minutes/wk), and pre-diagnosis BMI (<18.5, 18.5-<23 (ref), 23-<25, 25-<28, 28-<30, 30-<35, 35+ kg/m2).

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