Table 3.

Association between dietary pattern and risk of thyroid cancer (N = 826)

	Controls	Cases	OR	95% CI	ORa	95% CI	ORb	95% CI
Starchy Foods and Dessert Pattern
Quartile 1	109	102	1.00		1.00		1.00
Quartile 2	109	75	0.74	0.49, 1.10	0.73	0.48, 1.12	0.77	0.48, 1.18
Quartile 3	108	95	0.94	0.64, 1.38	0.92	0.61, 1.39	1.06	0.61, 1.62
Quartile 4	110	118	1.15	0.79, 1.67	1.03	0.69, 1.53	1.25	0.81, 1.93
Ptrendc			0.29		0.66		0.18
Fruits and Vegetables Pattern
Quartile 1	109	125	1.00		1.00		1.00
Quartile 2	109	103	0.82	0.57, 1.20	0.85	0.57, 1.26	0.88	0.59, 1.31
Quartile 3	109	87	0.70	0.48, 1.02	0.74	0.49, 1.12	0.81	0.52, 1.24
Quartile 4	109	75	0.60	0.41, 0.89	0.60	0.39, 0.92	0.68	0.41, 1.11
Ptrendc			0.007		0.02		0.12
High Protein and Fat Pattern
Quartile 1	109	116	1.00		1.00		1.00
Quartile 2	109	83	0.72	0.49, 1.05	0.65	0.43, 0.98	0.65	0.43, 0.99
Quartile 3	109	96	0.83	0.57, 1.21	0.78	0.52, 1.18	0.84	0.55, 1.28
Quartile 4	109	95	0.82	0.56, 1.20	0.72	0.47, 1.11	0.87	0.87, 1.39
Ptrendc			0.42		0.21		0.66

^aAdjusted for sex, age, BMI, education level, family income, alcohol consumption, and family history of thyroid cancer.

^bAdjusted for sex, age, BMI, education level, family income, alcohol consumption, family history of thyroid cancer, and total energy intake.

^cTest for trend across quartiles from logistic regression model.