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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2021 May 17;32(8):871–881. doi: 10.1007/s10552-021-01441-1

Table 4.

Odds ratios of colorectal cancer per 50th percentile increase in concentration of leptin, adiponectin, and sTNFR2 stratified by lifestyle, metabolic, and inflammatory factors in CLUE II

Cases/controls Adiponectin Leptin sTNFR2 Cases/controls Adiponectin Leptin sTNFR2
OR* 95%CI OR* 95%CI OR* 95%CI OR* 95%CI OR* 95%CI OR* 95%CI
BMI (kg/m2)
 < 25.7 34/34 1.08 0.31–3.74 0.66 0.05–8.34 1.12 0.84–1.49 55/62 0.10 0.01–2.02 0.42 0.00–90.68 0.94 0.67–1.31
 ≥ 25.7 55/55 0.72 0.25–2.09 1.27 0.16–10.25 1.20 0.98–1.48 49/42 0.98 0.04–24.27 0.64 0.00–93.21 1.09 0.77–1.54
p-interaction 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.6
Adult weight gain (lbs)**
 < 25 34/40 0.96 0.26–3.53 0.15 0.01–3.58 1.53 1.14–2.05 54/54 0.24 0.01–4.16 0.32 0.00–44.10 1.05 0.74–1.50
 ≥ 25 55/48 0.79 0.26–2.34 1.42 0.20–10.17 0.99 0.79–1.23 49/50 0.75 0.03–18.70 0.31 0.00–81.95 1.07 0.76–1.51
p-interaction 0.6 0.6 0.03 0.5 0.9 0.7
NSAID use
No 69/61 1.00 0.42–2.40 1.21 0.22–6.76 1.16 0.97–1.39 84/81 0.38 0.03–4.16 0.60 0.01–34.10 0.90 0.69–1.17
Yes 20/28 0.12 0.01–1.31 0.17 0.00–6.89 1.61 0.98–2.65 20/23 0.25 0.00–38.94 0.48 0.00–2428.73 1.56 0.85–2.87
p-interaction 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.1
CRP (mg/L)
 < 1.77 20/35 0.90 0.11–7.06 0.96 0.05–19.91 1.49 1.00–2.20 38/44 0.25 0.01–6.73 0.03 0.00–18.25 0.90 0.59–1.36
 ≥ 1.77 51/35 1.26 0.46–3.45 1.24 0.15–10.06 1.08 0.85–1.36 51/44 0.13 0.00–3.71 0.99 0.01–154.32 1.06 0.76–1.47
p-interaction 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.6
IL-6 (pg/mL)
 < 1.773 20/27 1.23 0.20–7.45 0.67 0.03–17.39 1.48 0.90–2.42 32/51 0.15 0.00–7.85 0.00 0.00–4.58 0.95 0.62–1.46
 ≥ 1.773 51/43 1.04 0.36–2.97 0.78 0.10–6.07 1.11 0.90–1.36 57/36 0.17 0.01–2.81 1.23 0.01–130.53 1.06 0.76–1.46
p-interaction 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.9 0.1 0.2
Insulin (mU/L)
 < 13.544 33/29 1.54 0.38–6.29 1.98 0.16–23.82 1.21 0.92–1.58 46/50 0.33 0.02–6.85 0.27 0.00–54.90 0.90 0.63–1.30
 ≥ 13.544 37/41 0.80 0.22–2.86 0.57 0.04–7.50 1.19 0.90–1.59 43/38 0.11 0.00–5.40 0.26 0.00–108.25 1.09 0.75–1.60
p-interaction 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8
HbA1c (%)
 < 5.7 42/50 2.56 0.72–9.15 4.01 0.40–40.30 1.18 0.92–1.52 48/59 0.21 0.01–4.79 0.05 0.00–10.19 1.01 0.70–1.44
 ≥ 5.7 29/20 0.68 0.18–2.55 0.19 0.01–3.74 1.25 0.92–1.70 41/29 0.13 0.00–4.40 1.65 0.00–1013.88 0.99 0.68–1.44
p-interaction 0.1 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.8
No diabetes medication use 81/84 0.89 0.39–2.03 0.90 0.19–4.19 1.17 0.98–1.38 96/101 0.53 0.06–4.51 0.82 0.02–30.38 1.00 0.78–1.27
Smoking status
Never 29/35 0.53 0.12–2.34 5.55 0.36–85.39 1.23 0.86–1.76 65/66 0.20 0.01–2.81 0.38 0.00–46.87 1.02 0.76–1.38
Ever 60/54 1.02 0.38–2.75 0.31 0.04–2.46 1.15 0.95–1.39 39/38 0.80 0.02–26.94 0.22 0.00–57.68 1.02 0.70–1.49
p-interaction 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.9 0.9
*

Per 50th percentile increase in biomarker concentration with the 25th to 75th delta based on the distribution for men and women combined estimated using unconditional logistic regression adjusted for the matching factors (age, race, date of blood draw, time since last meal), mutually for leptin, adiponectin, sTNFR2, and for BMI (continuous)

**

from age 21 to baseline in 1989