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. 2020 Jul 21;150(9):2442–2450. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxaa194

TABLE 4.

Evaluation of potential interaction between soy food intake and BMI on CRC risk among women (pre- and postmenopausal) and men: a pooled analysis of data from 4 cohorts conducted in China and Japan1

Q1 (low) Q2 Q3 Q4
 Model Cases HR Cases HR (95% CI)2,3 Cases HR (95% CI)b,c Cases HR (95% CI)b,c  P-trend  P-heterogeneity4
Dietary isoflavone intake
 All participants, BMI
  <23.0 260 1.00 245 0.90 (0.75, 1.08) 273 1.05 (0.87, 1.26) 222 0.82 (0.67, 1.02) 0.24 0.88
  23.0 to 27.49 284 1.00 285 0.90 (0.76, 1.07) 319 0.96 (0.81, 1.14) 327 0.92 (0.76, 1.11) 0.73
  ≥27.5 79 1.00 76 1.01 (0.73, 1.39) 104 1.38 (1.00, 1.90) 106 1.39 (0.98, 1.97) 0.03
 Premenopausal women, BMI
  <23.0 60 1.00 49 0.97 (0.65, 1.44) 57 1.08 (0.71, 1.63) 34 0.58 (0.34, 0.98) 0.16 0.65
  23.0– 27.49 63 1.00 76 1.11 (0.78, 1.57) 80 0.99 (0.68, 1.43) 76 0.76 (0.50, 1.15) 0.05
  ≥27.5 29 1.00 27 0.91 (0.52, 1.57) 29 0.85 (0.47, 1.52) 36 0.83 (0.43, 1.58) 0.59
 Postmenopausal women, BMI
  <23.0 68 1.00 72 0.98 (0.69, 1.37) 75 1.03 (0.72, 1.47) 67 0.99 (0.67, 1.49) 0.79 0.67
  23.0–27.49 64 1.00 72 1.03 (0.73, 1.46) 90 1.25 (0.88, 1.76) 70 0.93 (0.63, 1.39) 0.87
  ≥27.5 15 1.00 15 1.02 (0.49, 2.12) 26 1.75 (0.87, 3.50) 16 1.26 (0.55, 2.90) 0.17
 Men, BMI
  <23.0 132 1.00 124 0.88 (0.68, 1.13) 141 1.04 (0.81, 1.35) 121 0.91 (0.68, 1.21) 0.73 0.45
  23.0–27.49 157 1.00 137 0.78 (0.61, 0.98) 149 0.82 (0.64, 1.04) 181 0.98 (0.76, 1.26) 0.62
  ≥27.5 35 1.00 34 0.90 (0.55, 1.48) 49 1.39 (0.87, 2.23) 54 1.53 (0.93, 2.52) 0.03
Dietary soy protein intake
 All participants, BMI
  <23.0 262 1.00 249 0.92 (0.77, 1.10) 267 1.01 (0.84, 1.21) 222 0.82 (0.66, 1.01) 0.19 0.87
  23.0–27.49 280 1.00 297 0.95 (0.81, 1.13) 310 0.93 (0.78, 1.11) 328 0.93 (0.77, 1.13) 0.58
  ≥27.5 81 1.00 78 1.03 (0.75, 1.42) 94 1.18 (0.85, 1.62) 112 1.42 (1.01, 2.00) 0.02
 Premenopausal women, BMI
  <23.0 60 1.00 55 1.04 (0.71, 1.52) 48 0.87 (0.57, 1.34) 37 0.66 (0.39, 1.10) 0.27 0.44
  23.0–27.49 63 1.00 81 1.21 (0.86, 1.71) 72 0.88 (0.60, 1.29) 79 0.80 (0.53, 1.20) 0.04
  ≥27.5 29 1.00 29 0.92 (0.53, 1.59) 23 0.66 (0.36, 1.21) 40 1.00 (0.53, 1.86) 0.90
 Postmenopausal women, BMI
  <23.0 69 1.00 75 1.04 (0.74, 1.45) 69 0.90 (0.63, 1.30) 70 1.01 (0.68, 1.49) 0.94 0.83
  23.0–27.49 64 1.00 74 1.07 (0.76, 1.50) 87 1.13 (0.80, 1.59) 71 0.93 (0.63, 1.37) 0.74
  ≥27.5 15 1.00 17 1.18 (0.58, 2.40) 20 1.35 (0.66, 2.77) 20 1.47 (0.67, 3.26) 0.11
 Men, BMI
  <23.0 133 1.00 119 0.86 (0.67, 1.11) 151 1.10 (0.85, 1.42) 115 0.85 (0.64, 1.14) 0.46 0.39
  23.0–27.49 153 1.00 142 0.81 (0.64, 1.03) 151 0.85 (0.66, 1.08) 178 0.99 (0.76, 1.28) 0.64
  ≥27.5 37 1.00 32 0.80 (0.49, 1.31) 51 1.27 (0.80, 2.02) 52 1.38 (0.85, 2.25) 0.05
1

Based on the cohort- and sex-specific quartiles. Please see Supplemental Table 2 for specific cutpoint values for each cohort. . CRC, colorectal cancer.

2

Adjusted for age, total energy, cohort, smoking status, alcohol consumption, physical activity, BMI, family history of CRC, intake of red meat, vegetable intake, fte, a intakend menopausal status in women.

3

Complete case analysis based on total sample size of n = 185,482 with 2568 CRC cases.

4

Estimated by likelihood ratio test to compare the models with and without a multiplicative interaction term.