Table 2.
Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) of colorectal, colon, and rectal cancer according to brown cheese consumption in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study, 1996–2015 (N = 82 857).
| Brown cheese consumption | Colorectal cancer n = 1360 | Colon cancer n = 907 | Rectal cancer n = 453 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age-adjusted | Multivariable1 | Age-adjusted | Multivariable1 | Age-adjusted | Multivariable1 | |
| HR 95% CI |
HR 95% CI |
HR 95% CI |
HR 95% CI |
HR 95% CI |
HR 95% CI |
|
| Never | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Up to 2 slices/day | 0.99 (0.88–1.11) |
1.02 (0.91–1.16) |
0.97 (0.84–1.22) |
1.01 (0.87–1.17) |
1.02 (0.83–1.27) |
1.06 (0.86–1.31) |
| More than 2 slices/day | 0.86 (0.71–1.04) |
0.93 (0.76–1.13) |
0.87 (0.79–0.96) |
0.83 (0.64–1.06) |
1.07 (0.78–1.47) |
1,16 (0.84–1.61) |
| p trend | 0.11 | 0.37 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.68 | 0.41 |
1Adjusted for smoking status (cat.), physical activity level (cat.), alcohol consumption (g/day) (cat.), use of hormone replacement therapy (cat.), milk consumption (g/day) (tertiles), total energy intake (kJ/day) (tertiles), whole grain bread consumption (g/day) (tertiles), estimated calcium intake (mg/day) (tertiles), and height (centimeters) (cont).
Cat.: categorical; cont.: continuous.