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. 2021 Feb 4;13(2):516. doi: 10.3390/nu13020516

Table 2.

Summary of the results of the meta-analysis (random effects model).

Cancer Type Exposure N° of Studies RR (95% CI) I2 (%) Tau2 p within Group + 95% PI
Cohort Case-Control
Breast SSB 4 3 1.14 (1.01−1.30) 0.0 0.0073 0.69 0.88, 1.47
Breast FJ 3 0 1.13 (0.93−1.38) 0.0 0.0017 0.79 0.52, 2.46
Breast Pre-M SSB 3 2 1.37 (0.99−1.88) 55.7 0.0358 0.06 0.68, 2.76
Breast Post-M SSB 4 2 1.18 (0.79−1.75) 54.8 0.1080 0.05 0.43, 3.23
Colorectal SSB 4 0 1.18 (0.99−1.41) 0.0 0.0039 0.71 0.82, 1.69
Colorectal FJ 2 2 0.79 (0.16−3.87) 88.5 0.8629 <0.001 0.008, 73.94
Colorectal * FJ 2 1 1.29 (0.78−2.12) 0.0 0.0120 0.63 0.17, 9.81
Colorectal SB 0 3 2.02 (0.45−9.01) 62.9 0.2711 0.07 0.00, 5753.1
Colorectal * SB 0 2 1.57 (0.74−3.35) 0.0 0.0010 0.67
Bladder SB 0 5 1.66 (0.78−3.56) 83.4 0.3226 <0.001 0.22, 12.37
Bladder * SB 0 4 1.27 (0.85−1.90) 25.3 0.0425 0.26 0.45, 3.60
Prostate SSB 5 0 1.18 (1.10−1.27) 0.0 0.0012 0.92 1.03, 1.35
Prostate FJ 4 0 1.03 (1.01−1.05) 0.0 0.0001 0.93 0.98, 1.09
Prostate SB 1 2 0.97 (0.56−1.69) 2.9 0.0241 0.36 0.07, 12.7
Renal cell SB 1 2 1.44 (0.46−4.50) 65.4 0.1559 0.056 0.00, 604.16
Pancreatic SB 4 4 1.28 (0.95−1.72) 58.6 0.0962 0.02 0.56, 2.90
Pancreatic SSB 4 2 1.01 (0.92−1.11) 0.0 0.0016 0.92 0.87, 1.17
Pancreatic ASB 3 2 1.07 (0.77−1.48) 43.6 0.0480 0.13 0.48, 2.36

* Results excluding outliers; + p values of Cochran’s Q-test heterogeneity. ASB: artificial sweetened beverage; FJ: fruit juice; PI: prediction intervals; Post-M: post-menopausal; Pre-M: pre-menopausal; RR: risk ratio; CI: confidence interval; SB: sweetened beverage (including both SSBs and ASBs); SSB: sugar-sweetened beverage.