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. 2021 Oct 22;5(11):e786–e796. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00250-3

Table 3.

Adjusted hazard ratios for all-cause and cancer-specific incidence rates estimated for greenhouse gas emissions and land use contributions from diet, modelled as quartiles

Events (%) Greenhouse gas emissions: adjusted hazard ratios*(95% CI)
Land use contributions: adjusted hazard ratios*(95% CI)
Second quartile Third quartile Fourth quartile Second quartile Third quartile Fourth quartile
All-cause cancer 58 925 (12·9%) 1·03 (1·01–1·06) 1·08 (1·06–1·11) 1·11 (1·09– 1·14) 1·04 (1·01–1·06) 1·10 (1·07– 1·12) 1·13 (1·10–1·15)
Brain and CNS 827 (0·2%) 1·14 (0·93–1·39) 1·18 (0·97–1·44) 0·93 (0·76–1·15) 1·01 (0·83–1·24) 1·30 (1·06–1·56) 1·09 (0·89–1·33)
Bladder, renal, pelvis, ureter, and other urinary organs 1584 (0·4%) 1·17 (1·01–1·36) 1·29 (1·12–1·50) 1·47 (1·28–1·70) 1·20 (1·03–1·40) 1·45 (1·25–1·68) 1·52 (1·31–1·76)
Breast 13 283 (3·3%) 1·05 (1·01–1·10) 1·15 (1·10–1·21) 1·21 (1·15–1·27) 1·07 (1·02–1·12) 1·14 (1·09–1·20) 1·23 (1·17–1·29)
Cervical 350 (0·1%) 0·88 (0·68–1·14) 0·71 (0·53–0·95) 0·66 (0·48–0·91) 0·83 (0·64–1·09) 0·72 (0·54–0·97) 0·65 (0·47–0·90)
Colorectum 6141 (1·5%) 1·01 (0·94–1·09) 1·10 (1·02–1·18) 1·05 (0·98–1·13) 1·03 (0·96–1·11) 1·13 (1·05–1·22) 1·12 (1·04–1·20)
Endometrium 1925 (0·7%) 0·94 (0·84–1·06) 0·90 (0·80 1·02) 0·90 (0·79–1·03) 0·85 (0·76–0·96) 0·90 (0·80–1·02) 0·82 (0·72–0·94)
Oesophagus 468 (0·1%) 1·17 (0·85–1·59) 1·52 (1·14–2·04) 2·06 (1·55–2·72) 1·12 (0·82–1·52) 1·59 (1·20–2·12) 1·93 (1·46–2·55)
Gallbladder and biliary tract 335 (0·1%) 0·98 (0·73–1·34) 0·92 (0·67–1·25) 0·96 (0·71–1·30) 1·02 (0·75–1·39) 1·13 (0·84–1·53) 0·89 (0·64–1·23)
Kidney 1003 (0·3%) 1·14 (0·95–1·39) 1·18 (0·99–1·43) 1·43 (1·20–1·72) 1·07 (0·88–1·29) 1·26 (1·04–1·51) 1·46 (1·22–1·76)
Larynx 295 (0·1%) 1·07 (0·73–1·58) 1·51 (1·05–2·16) 1·70 (1·20–2·41) 1·19 (0·80–1·78) 1·47 (1·01–2·15) 2·17 (1·52–3·10)
Liver 439 (0·1%) 0·94 (0·70–1·25) 1·11 (0·84–1·46) 1·27 (0·97–1·66) 1·42 (1·06–1·90) 1·26 (0·94–1·70) 1·61 (1·21–2·14)
Lung 3777 (1·0%) 1·03 (0·93–1·13) 1·12 (1·02– 1·23) 1·15 (1·05– 1·27) 1·11 (1·01–1·23) 1·19 (1·08–1·31) 1·23 (1·11–1·35)
Lymph nodes 1397 (0·4%) 0·98 (0·84–1·14) 1·00 (0·86–1·16) 1·03 (0·89–1·20) 0·95 (0·82–1·10) 0·98 (0·84–1·13) 0·94 (0·81–1·10)
Myeloma 1833 (0·5%) 0·96 (0·84–1·10) 1·01 (0·88–1·15) 1·14 (1·00–1·30) 1·01 (0·88–1·16) 1·07 (0·94–1·23) 1·17 (1·03–1·34)
Ovary 1415 (0·5%) 1·04 (0·90–1·19) 1·08 (0·94–1·24) 0·93 (0·79–1·09) 1·03 (0·90–1·18) 1·00 (0·86–1·15) 0·85 (0·72–1·00)
Pancreas 1289 (0·3%) 0·96 (0·82–1·14) 1·14 (0·98–1·34) 1·17 (0·99–1·37) 1·08 (0·92–1·27) 1·14 (0·97–1·34) 1·25 (1·07–1·47)
Prostate§ 6902 (6·0%) 1·04 (0·96–1·13) 1·02 (0·94–1·11) 1·05 (0·97–1·13) 1·16 (1·07–1·27) 1·15 (1·05–1·24) 1·17 (1·08–1·27)
Skin melanoma 4567 (1·2%) 1·11 (1·02–1·21) 1·16 (1·07–1·26) 1·13 (1·04–1·23) 1·10 (1·01–1·20) 1·13 (1·04–1·23) 1·10 (1·01–1·20)
Stomach 979 (0·2%) 1·02 (0·84–1·24) 1·21 (1·01–1·45) 1·27 (1·05–1·52) 1·16 (0·95–1·41) 1·33 (1·10–1·61) 1·52 (1·26–1·83)
Thyroid 757 (0·2%) 1·16 (0·93–1·44) 1·35 (1·09–1·66) 1·42 (1·15–1·75) 1·17 (0·94–1·47) 1·48 (1·20–1·83) 1·64 (1·33–2·02)
*

Models adjusted for age at recruitment, marital status, education, physical activity, smoking status, and body-mass index.

The first quartile is the reference value.

Women only.

§

Men only.