Table 4.

Association between dietary pattern and risk of papillary thyroid cancer (N = 765)

	Controls	Cases	ORa	95% CI	ORb	95% CI
Starchy Foods and Dessert Pattern
Quartile 1	109	83	1.00		1.00
Quartile 2	109	69	0.80	0.52, 1.25	0.83	0.53, 1.29
Quartile 3	108	79	0.93	0.60, 1.43	1.04	0.67, 1.64
Quartile 4	110	98	0.99	0.65, 1.51	1.18	0.75, 1.86
Ptrendc			0.89		0.35
Fruits and Vegetables Pattern
Quartile 1	109	100	1.00		1.00
Quartile 2	109	90	0.94	0.62,1.43	0.97	0.63, 1.48
Quartile 3	109	76	0.83	0.54, 1.28	0.90	0.57, 1.42
Quartile 4	109	63	0.65	0.41, 1.02	0.74	0.44, 1.25
Ptrendc			0.05		0.28
High Protein and Fat Pattern
Quartile 1	109	96	1.00		1.00
Quartile 2	109	69	0.66	0.43, 1.02	0.67	0.43, 1.03
Quartile 3	109	84	0.82	0.53, 1.26	0.88	0.57, 1.37
Quartile 4	109	80	0.71	0.45, 1.12	0.85	0.51, 1.41
Ptrendc			0.24		0.68

^aAdjusted for sex, age, education level, BMI, 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.