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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2016 May 14;139(6):1241–1250. doi: 10.1002/ijc.30172

Table 5.

Association between dietary fiber intake, menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) use, and colorectal cancer risk by race/ethnicity in the Multiethnic Cohort Study, 1993–20121

African American Native Hawaiian Japanese American Latino White pinteraction4

Cases HR (95% CI)2 Cases HR (95% CI)2 Cases HR (95% CI)2 Cases HR (95% CI)2 Cases HR (95% CI)2
Dietary fiber (g/1,000 kcal)
Men
 <8.1 71 1.00 (ref) 72 1.00 (ref) 355 1.00 (ref) 74 1.00 (ref) 131 1.00 (ref) 0.26
 8.1–<10.2 77 1.00 (0.72–1.40) 32 0.89 (0.57–1.40) 188 0.86 (0.71–1.04) 104 0.80 (0.58–1.09) 100 0.88 (0.67–1.16)
 10.2–<12.4 67 0.94 (0.65–1.35) 24 1.04 (0.61–1.79) 148 0.94 (0.75–1.17) 92 0.57 (0.41–0.79) 89 0.91 (0.67–1.24)
 12.4–<15.3 46 0.74 (0.48–1.12) 15 0.95 (0.48–1.88) 106 0.94 (0.72–1.22) 104 0.58 (0.41–0.82) 83 1.07 (0.76–1.49)
 ≥15.3 52 0.86 (0.54–1.36) 4 0.36 (0.12–1.14) 58 0.83 (0.58–1.18) 94 0.51 (0.34–0.76) 52 0.85 (0.56–1.29)
ptrend 0.31 0.24 0.42 0.0012 0.75
Women
 <8.1 70 1.00 (ref) 43 1.00 (ref) 93 1.00 (ref) 15 1.00 (ref) 52 1.00 (ref) 0.36
 8.1–<10.2 71 0.68 (0.48–0.95) 22 0.64 (0.38–1.10) 128 1.01 (0.77–1.33) 46 1.32 (0.73–2.37) 74 0.96 (0.67–1.39)
 10.2–<12.4 84 0.65 (0.46–0.90) 21 0.72 (0.40–1.30) 147 1.04 (0.79–1.37) 64 1.21 (0.68–2.15) 90 0.97 (0.67–1.40)
 12.4–<15.3 107 0.71 (0.51–0.99) 15 0.49 (0.24–0.98) 152 1.01 (0.75–1.36) 95 1.22 (0.69–2.15) 93 0.88 (0.60–1.29)
 ≥15.3 128 0.68 (0.47–0.98) 20 0.92 (0.43–1.95) 123 0.86 (0.61–1.23) 85 0.74 (0.40–1.35) 99 0.79 (0.52–1.21)
ptrend 0.24 0.61 0.37 0.0086 0.20
MHT use3
 Never 232 1.00 (ref) 57 1.00 (ref) 299 1.00 (ref) 151 1.00 (ref) 164 1.00 (ref) 0.049
 Past 135 1.04 (0.84–1.29) 29 0.93 (0.59–1.47) 145 0.68 (0.56–0.84) 84 0.97 (0.74–1.27) 138 0.85 (0.68–1.08)
 Current 70 0.87 (0.66–1.14) 19 0.74 (0.43–1.25) 176 0.75 (0.62–0.90) 60 0.83 (0.61–1.12) 96 0.60 (0.46–0.78)
1

Excluding participants with missing information on covariates.

2

Adjusted for age at cohort entry, family history of colorectal cancer, history of colorectal polyp, BMI, pack-years of cigarette smoking, multivitamin use, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, vigorous physical activity, menopausal status and MHT use as a time-dependent variable for women only, alcohol consumption, total energy, red meat, calcium, folate, and vitamin D.

3

Among postmenopausal women.

4

Test of interaction between race/ethnicity and the dietary fiber trend variable.