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. 2018 May 8;18:537. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4444-0

Table 2.

Multivariate model for entire cohort by cancer site. Variables included in the model are age, sex (for colorectal cancer), income and region of birth

Cancer Sex Covariate RR (95% CI)a p-value
Colorectal Cancer Male Age b 1.41 (1.40, 1.41) <.0001
Income
 1 (lowest) 1.00
 2 1.04 (1.01, 1.08) 0.0062*
 3 1.03 (1.00, 1.06) 0.08
 4 1.02 (0.99, 1.05) 0.22
 5 (highest) 0.96 (0.93, 0.99) 0.0107
Place of birth
 Long term resident 1.00
 East Asia and Pacific 0.57 (0.53, 0.61) <.0001
 Europe and Central Asia 0.87 (0.80, 0.93) <.0001
 Latin America and the Caribbean 0.42 (0.36, 0.47) <.0001
 Middle East and North 0.52 (0.46, 0.59) <.0001
 South Asia 0.26 (0.23, 0.29) <.0001
 Sub-Saharan Africa 0.52 (0.43, 0.63) <.0001
 USANZ 0.47 (0.34, 0.64) <.0001
Colorectal Cancer Female Age b 1.40 (1.35, 1.36) <.0001
Income
 1 1.00
 2 1.01 (0.98, 1.05) 0.40 *
 3 1.00 (0.96, 1.04) 0.97
 4 0.98 (0.95, 1.01) 0.34
 5 0.95 (0.92, 0.99) 0.0059
Place of birth
 Long term resident 1.00
 East Asia and Pacific 0.64 (0.60, 0.69) <.0001
 Europe and Central Asia 0.86 (0.79, 0.92) <.0001
 Latin America and the 0.58 (0.52, 0.65) <.0001
 Middle East and North 0.57 (0.48, 0.66) <.0001
 South Asia 0.27(0.23, 0.30) <.0001
 Sub-Saharan Africa 0.44 (0.35, 0.6) <.0001
 USANZ 0.56 (0.41, 0.75) 0.0001
Breast Cancer Female Age b 1.21 (1.21, 1.21) <.0001
Income
 1 1.00
 2 1.07 (1.04, 1.09) <.0001 *
 3 1.12 (1.09, 1.14) <.0001
 4 1.17 (1.14, 1.19) <.0001
 5 1.21 (1.18, 1.24) <.0001
Place of birth
 Long term resident 1.00
 East Asia and Pacific 0.74 (0.71, 0.77) <.0001
 Europe and Central Asia 0.90 (0.86, 0.94) <.0001
 Latin America and the 0.74 (0.70, 0.79) <.0001
 Middle East and North 0.96 (0.90, 1.03) 0.25
 South Asia 0.64 (0.60, 0.67) <.0001
 Sub-Saharan Africa 0.73 (0.66, 0.80) <.0001
 USANZ 0.86 (0.75, 0.97) 0.018

aBinomial regression model

bper 5 years

*P value of trend p < 0.005

Bold values are <0.05