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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017 Mar 17;26(4):597–606. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-0796

Table 3.

Associations of Waist Circumference, Waist to Height Ratio, Hip Circumference, and Waist to Hip Ratio with Gallbladder Cancer

All
Women
Men
Case* Minimally-
Adjusted
RR (95% CI)
Multivariable-
Adjusted
RR1 (95% CI)
Multivariable-
Adjusted
RR2 (95% CI)§
Case* Minimally-
Adjusted
RR (95% CI)
Multivariable-
Adjusted
RR1 (95% CI)
Multivariable-
Adjusted
RR2 (95% CI)§
Case* Minimally-
Adjusted
RR (95% CI)
Multivariable-
Adjusted
RR1 (95% CI)
Multivariable-
Adjusted
RR2 (95% CI)§
Waist Circumference (cm)
M <90, W <70 59 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 36 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 23 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
M 90–<100, W 70–<80 99 1.30 (0.92–1.82) 1.26 (0.90–1.78) 1.25 (0.87–1.80) 73 1.42 (0.93–2.18) 1.37 (0.89–2.10) 1.38 (0.88–2.16) 26 1.07 (0.59–1.92) 1.04 (0.58–1.87) 0.78 (0.40–1.53)
M 100–<110, W 80–<90 110 1.87 (1.31–2.66) 1.72 (1.21–2.46) 1.68 (1.11–2.55) 87 1.93 (1.26–2.98) 1.73 (1.12–2.67) 1.77 (1.08–2.91) 23 1.80 (0.96–3.37) 1.69 (0.90–3.19) 1.17 (0.54–2.55)
M 110+, W 90+ 93 2.45 (1.68–3.55) 2.08 (1.42–3.05) 2.03 (1.23–3.35) 79 2.46 (1.57–3.85) 2.02 (1.28–3.19) 2.09 (1.16–3.77) 14 2.79 (1.36–5.75) 2.46 (1.17–5.13) 1.83 (0.68–4.92)
Per 5 cm 1.12 (1.08–1.17) 1.10 (1.05–1.15) 1.09 (1.02–1.17) 1.12 (1.06–1.17) 1.09 (1.03–1.14) 1.09 (1.02–1.18) 1.15 (1.04–1.26) 1.12 (1.02–1.24) 1.08 (0.94–1.24)
p-value for trend <0.0001 0.0001 0.0076 <0.0001 0.0015 0.0157 0.0051 0.0191 0.2981
p-interaction with sex 0.62 0.47 0.46
Per Std Dev 1.38 (1.22–1.55) 1.29 (1.14–1.46) 1.27 (1.07–1.52) 1.36 (1.19–1.55) 1.26 (1.09–1.45) 1.28 (1.05–1.57) 1.46 (1.12–1.90) 1.38 (1.05–1.81) 1.23 (0.83–1.82)
Waist to Height Ratio
M <0.50, W <0.45 71 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 60 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 11 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
M 0.50–<0.55, W 0.45–<0.50 85 1.25 (0.90–1.74) 1.20 (0.86–1.67) 1.15 (0.81–1.63) 56 1.15 (0.78–1.69) 1.09 (0.74–1.60) 1.05 (0.70–1.57) 29 1.66 (0.82–3.36) 1.63 (0.81–3.30) 1.50 (0.67–3.36)
M 0.55–<0.60, W 0.50–<0.55 100 1.78 (1.28–2.48) 1.62 (1.16–2.26) 1.47 (1.00–2.17) 72 1.65 (1.13–2.41) 1.45 (0.99–2.13) 1.38 (0.89–2.13) 28 2.36 (1.16–4.82) 2.25 (1.10–4.61) 1.72 (0.70–4.26)
M 0.60+, W 0.55+ 105 2.00 (1.43–2.81) 1.67 (1.18–2.37) 1.42 (0.90–2.27) 87 1.90 (1.30–2.76) 1.52 (1.03–2.25) 1.38 (0.82–2.32) 18 2.44 (1.12–5.31) 2.22 (1.01–4.90) 1.51 (0.52–4.37)
Per 0.1 1.42 (1.23–1.63) 1.30 (1.12–1.50) 1.24 (1.00–1.54) 1.41 (1.21–1.64) 1.27 (1.08–1.50) 1.29 (1.02–1.63) 1.46 (1.04–2.05) 1.37 (0.97–1.94) 1.06 (0.63–1.80)
p-value for trend <0.0001 0.0005 0.0497 <0.0001 0.0032 0.0371 0.0289 0.0751 0.8187
p-interaction with sex 0.83 0.71 0.72
Per Std Dev 1.30 (1.17–1.45) 1.22 (1.09–1.36) 1.18 (1.00–1.39) 1.30 (1.15–1.45) 1.20 (1.06–1.36) 1.21 (1.01–1.45) 1.33 (1.03–1.72) 1.27 (0.98–1.65) 1.05 (0.70–1.56)
Hip Circumference (cm)
M <95, W <90 55 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 42 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 13 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
M 95–<105, W 90–<100 109 1.70 (1.14–2.54) 1.67 (1.12–2.49) 1.66 (1.09–2.53) 84 2.12 (1.31–3.43) 2.05 (1.26–3.32) 2.11 (1.25–3.55) 25 0.98 (0.49–1.96) 0.98 (0.49–1.96) 0.78 (0.35–1.70)
M 105–<115, W 100–<110 93 2.15 (1.39–3.32) 2.00 (1.29–3.09) 1.92 (1.17–3.17) 69 2.15 (1.28–3.63) 1.95 (1.15–3.30) 2.01 (1.09–3.69) 24 2.44 (1.17–5.07) 2.33 (1.11–4.88) 1.54 (0.63–3.78)
M 115+, W 110+ 61 3.52 (2.20–5.64) 2.93 (1.82–4.73) 2.74 (1.48–5.08) 54 3.77 (2.18–6.52) 3.04 (1.74–5.32) 3.24 (1.55–6.75) 7 3.50 (1.31–9.35) 3.01 (1.11–8.17) 1.96 (0.58–6.68)
Per 5 cm 1.17 (1.11–1.23) 1.13 (1.07–1.20) 1.13 (1.04–1.22) 1.16 (1.09–1.22) 1.12 (1.05–1.19) 1.14 (1.05–1.24) 1.22 (1.07–1.38) 1.19 (1.04–1.35) 1.10 (0.92–1.30)
p-value for trend <0.0001 <0.0001 0.0021 <0.0001 0.0000 0.0028 0.0024 0.0095 0.3044
p-interaction with sex 0.49 0.35 0.34
Per Std Dev 1.37 (1.23–1.53) 1.30 (1.16–1.45) 1.28 (1.09–1.50) 1.35 (1.20–1.52) 1.27 (1.12–1.44) 1.31 (1.10–1.56) 1.50 (1.15–1.95) 1.42 (1.09–1.86) 1.21 (0.84–1.73)
Waist to Hip Ratio
M <0.90, W <0.75 43 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 27 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 16 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
M 0.90–<0.95, W 0.75–<0.80 94 1.48 (1.03–2.13) 1.42 (0.99–2.05) 1.35 (0.94–1.96) 70 1.56 (1.00–2.43) 1.47 (0.94–2.30) 1.43 (0.91–2.24) 24 1.35 (0.71–2.58) 1.31 (0.69–2.50) 1.13 (0.58–2.21)
M 0.95–<1.00, W 0.80–<0.85 81 1.34 (0.92–1.96) 1.23 (0.84–1.81) 1.11 (0.75–1.64) 66 1.40 (0.89–2.21) 1.26 (0.80–1.99) 1.17 (0.74–1.87) 15 1.23 (0.60–2.54) 1.14 (0.55–2.37) 0.83 (0.38–1.81)
M 1.00+, W 0.85+ 99 1.65 (1.13–2.40) 1.43 (0.98–2.09) 1.19 (0.80–1.79) 85 1.69 (1.08–2.64) 1.43 (0.91–2.24) 1.27 (0.79–2.03) 14 1.69 (0.80–3.60) 1.49 (0.70–3.20) 0.96 (0.42–2.20)
Per 0.1 1.19 (1.03–1.37) 1.12 (0.96–1.31) 1.03 (0.87–1.22) 1.17 (0.99–1.38) 1.09 (0.92–1.30) 1.03 (0.85–1.25) 1.26 (0.97–1.66) 1.22 (0.89–1.66) 1.04 (0.70–1.53)
p-value for trend 0.0197 0.1496 0.7076 0.0655 0.3229 0.7456 0.0876 0.2102 0.8482
p-interaction with sex 0.63 0.45 0.42
Per Std Dev 1.18 (1.03–1.36) 1.12 (0.96–1.30) 1.03 (0.88–1.22) 1.16 (0.99–1.37) 1.09 (0.92–1.29) 1.03 (0.86–1.24) 1.25 (0.97–1.63) 1.21 (0.90–1.64) 1.04 (0.71–1.51)

Abbreviations: RR, relative risk; CI, confidence interval

*

Some counts do not add to totals because of missing data

Adjusted for age, sex, and study

Adjusted for age, sex, study, race, physical activity, education, smoking, alcohol, and gallstones

§

Adjusted for age, sex, study, race, physical activity, education, smoking, alcohol, gallstones, and BMI