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. 2016 Sep 15;115(9):1122–1130. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.289

Table 2. Association between dairy products and ovarian cancer risk in AACESa.

  Cases (n=490)
Controls (n=656)
Model 1b
Model 2c
  n % n % OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Total dairy (serving per week)
 Q1 (⩽2.6) 103 21.0 168 25.6 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref
 Q2 (2.7–4.7) 144 29.4 167 25.5 1.41 1.01, 1.98 1.48 1.04, 2.11
 Q3 (4.8–8.3) 118 24.1 157 23.9 1.22 0.85, 1.75 1.32 0.91, 1.92
 Q4 (⩾8.4) 125 25.5 164 25.0 1.37 0.90, 2.08 1.48 0.95, 2.28
P for trend         0.36
0.25
Milk (serving per week)
 Q1 (⩽0.8) 103 21.0 161 24.5 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref
 Q2 (0.9–1.7) 121 24.7 161 24.5 1.15 0.81, 1.64 1.20 0.83, 1.74
 Q3 (1.8–4.1) 139 28.4 173 26.4 1.22 0.86, 1.72 1.20 0.83, 1.75
 Q4 (⩾4.2) 127 25.9 161 24.5 1.26 0.85, 1.88 1.34 0.87, 2.05
P for trend         0.38
0.30
Whole milk (serving per week)
 Non-consumer 356 72.7 511 77.9 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref
 ⩽2.3 56 11.4 73 11.1 1.13 0.77, 1.66 1.20 0.68, 2.12
 >2.3 78 15.9 72 11.0 1.61 1.10, 2.35 1.85 1.05, 3.27
P for trend         0.01
0.02
Skim/low-fat milk (serving per week)
 Non-consumer 178 36.3 209 31.9 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref
 ⩽2.0 157 32.0 229 34.9 0.82 0.61, 1.11 1.11 0.69, 1.77
 >2.0 155 31.6 218 33.2 0.84 0.63, 1.12 1.06 0.66, 1.70
P for trend         0.35
0.98
Cheese (serving per week)
 Q1 (⩽0.9) 116 23.7 159 24.2 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref
 Q2 (1.0–1.7) 119 24.3 158 24.1 1.08 0.76, 1.52 1.10 0.76, 1.58
 Q3 (1.8–3.1) 129 26.3 174 26.5 1.09 0.77, 1.54 1.18 0.82, 1.71
 Q4 (⩾3.2) 126 25.7 165 25.2 1.19 0.79, 1.79 1.25 0.81, 1.92
P for trend         0.42
0.34
Yogurt (serving per week)
 Non-consumer 213 43.5 263 40.1 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref
 <0.5 144 29.4 218 33.2 0.82 0.62, 1.09 0.84 0.62, 1.13
 ⩾0.5 133 27.1 175 26.6 0.95 0.70, 1.27 0.93 0.67, 1.28
P for trend         0.96 0.88

Abbreviations: AACES=African American Cancer Epidemiology Study; CI=confidence interval; OR=odds ratio.

a

Exposures were categorised into quartiles based on the distribution of controls. For exposures with >25% non-consumers, they were categorised into non-consumers, below or above the median of consumption based on controls' distributions.

b

Model 1 adjusted for age, region, and total energy intake.

c

Model 2 further adjusted for education, parity, oral contraceptive use, menopausal status, tubal ligation, family history of breast/ovarian cancer, daylight hours spent outdoors in summer months, pigmentation, recreational physical activity, body mass index, supplemental calcium intake, and mutually adjusted for other types of dairy products when applicable.