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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 May 19;29(8):1577–1585. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0378

Table 3.

Odds ratios for inflammatory-related CpGs and pancreatic cancer risk identified in the nested case-control study, stratified by study and time to diagnosis

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Cases / Controls Multivariate OR (95% CI)a Cases / Controls Multivariate OR (95% CI)a
Among All Cohorts
Q1 72 / 108 ref. 75 / 107 ref.
Q2 93 / 107 1.37(0.90, 2.07) 91 / 107 1.21(0.79, 1.83)
Q3 100 / 105 1.52(1.00, 2.31) 84 / 106 1.12(0.73, 1.73)
Q4 125 / 108 1.92(1.27, 2.91) 140 / 108 1.82(1.18, 2.78)
p for continuous = 0.002 p for continuous = 0.008
Among Time to Diagnosis ≤ 5 Years
Q1 6 / 108 ref. 6 / 107 ref.
Q2 12 / 107 2.15(0.75, 6.16) 11 / 107 1.83(0.63, 5.33)
Q3 12 / 105 2.14(0.74, 6.17) 12 / 106 1.80(0.62, 5.24)
Q4 20 / 108 3.37(1.23, 9.18) 21 / 108 2.57(0.92, 7.21)
p for continuous = 0.02 p for continuous = 0.09
Among Time to diagnosis 5 – 10 Years
Q1 11 / 108 ref. 15 / 107 ref.
Q2 26 / 107 2.75(1.25, 6.07) 23 / 107 1.68(0.79, 3.60)
Q3 18 / 105 2.27(0.97, 5.29) 15 / 106 1.06(0.46, 2.45)
Q4 28 / 108 3.34(1.48, 7.54) 30 / 108 1.87(0.85, 4.10)
p for continuous = 0.01 p for continuous = 0.25
Among Time to diagnosis > 10 Years
Q1 51 / 108 ref. 51 / 107 ref.
Q2 53 / 107 1.11(0.68, 1.79) 55 / 107 1.08(0.67, 1.74)
Q3 66 / 105 1.38(0.85, 2.21) 56 / 106 1.13(0.69, 1.86)
Q4 76 / 108 1.64(1.02, 2.64) 84 / 108 1.67(1.03, 2.72)
p for continuous = 0.03 p for continuous = 0.03
Among NHSb
Q1 44 / 49 ref. 35 / 49 ref.
Q2 39 / 48 0.88(0.48, 1.63) 32 / 48 0.82(0.43, 1.57)
Q3 45 / 48 1.07(0.58, 1.98) 42 / 48 1.09(0.57, 2.06)
Q4 47 / 49 1.04(0.56, 1.96) 66 / 49 1.53(0.80, 2.95)
p for continuous = 0.75 p for continuous = 0.11
Among HPFSb
Q1 20 / 38 ref. 31 / 37 ref.
Q2 32 / 37 1.79(0.86, 3.73) 44 / 36 1.49(0.74, 3.01)
Q3 35 / 36 1.95(0.92, 4.11) 26 / 37 0.82(0.38, 1.76)
Q4 57 / 37 3.44(1.67, 7.12) 43 / 38 1.33(0.64, 2.77)
p for continuous <0.001 p for continuous = 0.85
Among PHSb
Q1 9 / 22 ref. 7 / 22 ref.
Q2 22 / 21 2.58(0.94, 7.11) 20 / 21 3.49(1.16, 10.55)
Q3 19 / 21 2.49(0.89, 7.01) 24 / 21 5.07(1.66, 15.47)
Q4 21 / 22 2.62(0.93, 7.36) 20 / 22 3.65(1.20, 11.10)
p for continuous = 0.12 p for continuous = 0.03

Replication in PanGenEUb,c
Q1 50 / 71 ref. 72 / 71 ref
Q2 77 / 71 1.49(0.9, 2.49) 60 / 71 0.82(0.49, 1.35)
Q3 86 / 71 1.48(0.88, 2.48) 94 / 71 1.23(0.77, 1.98)
Q4 126 / 72 2.08(1.22, 3.57) 112 / 72 1.33(0.80, 2.21)
p for continuous = 0.01 p for continuous = 0.11
a

Adjusted for age, date of blood draw, smoking and cell proportions, and cohorts for combined analyses.

b

Used study-specified quartiles for methylation level;

c

PanGenEU model adjustments include age, sex, smoking and cell proportions.