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. 2019 Feb 25;149(3):381–397. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy304

TABLE 6.

Experiment 1: variables predictive of end-of-study prostate and baseline plasma carotenoid concentrations in men with prostate cancer consuming tomato-soy juice1

Tissue carotenoid concentration outcome Transformation Model adjusted R2 Model P value Variable β ± SE P value for variable Estimated proportion of response variability attributable to variable2
Prostate
 Lycopene, nmol/g None 0.276 0.004 Constant3 0.421 ± 0.108 <0.001
 — Diet group (cans/d) 0.187 ± 0.086 0.04 1.2%
 — BCO1 rs12934922 genotype 0.211 ± 0.086 0.02 4.2%
 — BCO1 rs12934922 genotype × diet group −0.129 ± 0.073 0.09  4%
 — BCO1 rs6564851 genotype −0.097 ± 0.049 0.053 1.9%
 — Baseline plasma lycopene (nmol/mg LDL cholesterol) 3.27 ± 0.979 <0.01 16.3%
 β-carotene, nmol/g None 0.343 0.001 Constant −0.024 ± 0.070 0.737
 — Diet group 0.143 ± 0.050 <0.01  0%
 — Body mass −0.003 ± 0.001 0.03  7%
 — Baseline plasma β-carotene (umol/L)* 0.173 ± 0.047 <0.001  28%
 — BCO1 rs12934922 genotype 0.147 ± 0.052 <0.01  0%
 — BCO1 rs12934922 genotype × diet group −0.108 ± 0.042 0.01  10%
 — BCO1 rs7501331 genotype −0.093 ± 0.039 0.02  5%
 Phytoene, nmol/g None No significant predictors
 Phytofluene, nmol/g Log10 0.343 <0.001 Constant −0.063 ± 0.149 0.68
 — Diet group −0.058 ± 0.054 0.30  0%
 — ABCA1 rs2230808 −0.111 ± 0.100 0.28  0%
 — ABCA1 rs2230808 × diet group 0.153 ± 0.07 0.04  6%
 — Log10 [Baseline plasma phytofluene (µmol/L)] (difference from mean) 0.671 ± 0.149 <0.001  33%
Baseline plasma
 Lycopene, nmol/mg LDL cholesterol None 0.257 0.005 Constant 0.094 ± 0.022 <0.001
 — Usual daily lycopene intake (mg/d) 0.003 ± 0.002 0.13  11%
 — BCO1 rs12934922 genotype 0.013 ± 0.016 0.42 6.6%
 — BCO1 rs12934922 genotype × usual daily lycopene intake −0.003 ± 0.002 0.07 7.3%
 — ABCA1 rs2230808 genotype −0.024 ± 0.014 0.10  0%
 — ABCA1 rs2230808 genotype × usual daily lycopene intake 0.002 ± 0.001 0.08 4.3%
 β-carotene, µmol/L Log10 No significant predictors
 Phytoene,  nmol/mg total  cholesterol Log10 0.138 0.026 Constant −2.186 ± 0.060 <0.001
 — Usual daily phytoene intake (mg/d) 0.037 ± 0.026 0.17  0%
 — BCO1 rs7501331 genotype 0.026 ± 0.079 0.74 7.2%
 — BCO1 rs7501331 genotype × usual daily phytoene intake −0.091 ± 0.041 0.03 10.5%
 Phytofluene, µmol/L Log10 0.131 0.018 Constant −0.663 ± 0.126 <0.001
 — Usual daily phytofluene intake 0.108 ± 0.049 0.04 7.6%
 — SCARB1 rs11057841 genotype −0.128 ± 0.066 0.06 5.5%

1 ABCB1, ATP-binding cassette subfamily B member 1; BCO1, β-carotene 15,15’ monooxygenase 1; SCARB1, scavenger receptor class B type 1.

2As determined by stepwise removal of variables and quantifying the contribution of the variable to the model's adjusted R2. See Supplemental Figure 3 for graphical depiction of the proportion of variance in the outcome explained by each variable.

3“Constant” represents the y-intercept for the model.