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. 2019 May 1;120(11):1059–1066. doi: 10.1038/s41416-019-0465-y

Table 2.

The association between coffee intake by the number of cups per day and digestive cancer within the UK Biobank

Coffee intake (cups/day) HR per cup increase p-trend
0 Any >0–2 3–4 ≥5
n 104,465 365,157 215,739 97,022 52,396
Oesophageal cancer
 Cases 74 279 146 72 61
 Unadjusted HR 1.00 0.97 (0.75, 1.25) 0.84 (0.63, 1.11) 0.93 (0.67, 1.29) 1.60 (1.14, 2.24) 1.07 (1.03, 1.10) <0.001
 Adjusted HR 1.00 1.15 (0.83, 1.61) 1.11 (0.77, 1.58) 1.08 (0.71, 1.65) 1.47 (0.94, 2.30) 1.03 (0.98, 1.07) 0.28
Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma
 Cases 15 61 28 15 18
 Unadjusted HR 1.00 1.05 (0.60, 1.86) 0.80 (0.42, 1.51) 0.97 (0.47, 1.99) 2.34 (1.18, 4.64) 1.09 (1.03, 1.15) 0.001
 Adjusted HR 1.00 1.26 (0.59, 2.67) 0.94 (0.41, 2.14) 1.10 (0.42, 2.87) 2.88 (1.20, 6.92) 1.08 (1.02, 1.16) 0.01
Oesophageal adenocarcinoma
 Cases 55 204 110 52 42
 Unadjusted HR 1.00 0.94 (0.70, 1.27) 0.84 (0.61, 1.17) 0.90 (0.61, 1.32) 1.47 (0.98, 2.20) 1.06 (1.01, 1.11) 0.008
 Adjusted HR 1.00 1.21 (0.81, 1.80) 1.25 (0.83, 1.89) 1.07 (0.65, 1.76) 1.25 (0.72, 2.15) 1.00 (0.93, 1.07) 0.96
Gastric cancer
 Cases 65 184 99 55 30
 Unadjusted HR 1.00 0.72 (0.55, 0.96) 0.65 (0.47, 0.88) 0.81 (0.56, 1.16) 0.90 (0.58, 1.39) 1.00 (0.95, 1.07) 0.79
 Adjusted HR 1.00 0.98 (0.68, 1.41) 0.88 (0.59, 1.30) 1.14 (0.73, 1.79) 1.18 (0.70, 1.98) 1.03 (0.97, 1.09) 0.30
Small intestinal cancer
 Cases 14 63 31 20 12
 Unadjusted HR 1.00 1.18 (0.66, 2.11) 0.97 (0.51, 1.82) 1.40 (0.71, 2.78) 1.68 (0.78, 3.64) 1.05 (0.96, 1.14) 0.27
 Adjusted HR 1.00 1.39 (0.60, 2.87) 1.12 (0.49, 2.58) 1.67 (0.67, 4.18) 1.65 (0.56, 4.78) 1.02 (0.90, 1.17) 0.65
Colon cancer
 Cases 320 1141 666 340 135
 Unadjusted HR 1.00 0.93 (0.82, 1.05) 0.90 (0.79, 1.03) 1.04 (0.89, 1.21) 0.82 (0.67, 1.00) 0.98 (0.95, 1.00) 0.16
 Adjusted HR 1.00 0.91 (0.78, 1.05) 0.89 (0.76, 1.05) 0.97 (0.80, 1.18) 0.87 (0.68, 1.11) 0.97 (0.93, 1.01) 0.15
Rectal and anal cancer
 Cases 176 610 361 155 94
 Unadjusted HR 1.00 0.91 (0.77, 1.08) 0.90 (0.76, 1.08) 0.87 (0.70, 1.08) 1.04 (0.81, 1.33) 1.01 (0.98, 1.04) 0.37
 Adjusted HR 1.00 0.88 (0.72, 1.08) 0.90 (0.72, 1.11) 0.81 (0.62, 1.06) 0.95 (0.70, 1.30) 1.00 (0.96, 1.04) 0.90
Liver cancer
 Cases 48 134 82 32 20
 Unadjusted HR 1.00 0.72 (0.52, 1.00) 0.74 (0.52, 1.05) 0.65 (0.41, 1.01) 0.81 (0.48, 1.37) 0.96 (0.89, 1.04) 0.34
 Adjusted HR 1.00 0.87 (0.58, 1.30) 0.88 (0.57, 1.36) 0.87 (0.51, 1.48) 0.83 (0.45, 1.55) 0.97 (0.89, 1.05) 0.44
Hepatocellular carcinoma
 Cases 26 62 39 14 9
 Unadjusted HR 1.00 0.61 (0.39, 0.97) 0.64 (0.39, 1.05) 0.52 (0.27, 1.00) 0.68 (0.32, 1.45) 0.93 (0.82, 1.04) 0.22
 Adjusted HR 1.00 0.50 (0.29, 0.87) 0.55 (0.30, 1.00) 0.44 (0.20, 0.96) 0.44(0.17, 1.12) 0.87 (0.76, 1.01) 0.07
Intrahepatic bile duct carcinoma
 Cases 16 56 36 14 6
 Unadjusted HR 1.00 0.90 (0.52, 1.57) 0.97 (0.53, 1.74) 0.84 (0.41, 1.73) 0.72 (0.28, 1.85) 0.95 (0.84, 1.07) 0.43
 Adjusted HR 1.00 1.49 (0.71, 3.11) 1.47 (0.68, 3.18) 1.80 (0.74, 4.34) 1.06 (0.32, 3.48) 1.00 (0.88, 1.14) 0.90
Gallbladder and extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma
 Cases 14 81 47 20 14
 Unadjusted HR 1.00 1.48 (0.84, 2.61) 1.43 (0.78, 2.59) 1.37 (0.69, 2.71) 1.93 (0.92, 4.06) 1.05 (0.96, 1.13) 0.23
 Adjusted HR 1.00 1.63 (0.81, 3.27) 1.52 (0.74, 3.15) 1.56 (0.67, 3.64) 2.40 (0.98, 5.90) 1.06 (0.97, 1.15) 0.15
Pancreatic cancer
 Cases 81 303 171 83 49
 Unadjusted HR 1.00 0.95 (0.75, 1.22) 0.89 (0.68, 1.16) 0.98 (0.72, 1.33) 1.17 (0.82, 1.67) 1.03 (0.98, 1.07) 0.17
 Adjusted HR 1.00 0.89 (0.66, 1.20) 0.86 (0.63, 1.18) 0.88 (0.60, 1.28) 1.08 (0.71, 1.65) 1.02 (0.97, 1.06) 0.44
All digestive cancers
 Cases 784 2767 1,581 773 413
 Unadjusted HR 1.00 0.91 (0.84, 0.99) 0.87 (0.80, 0.95) 0.96 (0.87, 1.06) 1.02 (0.91, 1.15) 1.01 (0.99, 1.02) 0.17
 Adjusted HR 1.00 0.95 (0.86, 1.05) 0.92 (0.83, 1.02) 0.98 (0.87, 1.11) 1.05 (0.90, 1.21) 1.00 (0.98, 1.02) 0.53

The model contains age at baseline, sex, deprivation, education, BMI, alcohol, smoking, fruit and vegetable intake, tea intake, physical activity and comorbidities at baseline (including high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, angina, myocardial infarction, stroke, peptic ulcer disease, hepatitis, cirrhosis and gallstones)