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. 2022 Jun 16;14(12):2506. doi: 10.3390/nu14122506

Table 3.

Dietary estimates of dairy products and risk of colorectal cancer and subtypes (colorectal/colon/proximal colon/distal colon/rectum). Reference category: tertile 1.

Dairy Products Types Cancer Type Mean (g/Day) T2
OR (95%CI)
Mean (g/Day) T3
OR (95% CI)
OR (95% CI)
(For One Tertile Increase)
p-Value
(For One Tertile Increase)
p-Value
(Continuous)
Total Dairy products Colorectal Cancer 313.17 1.00 (0.81–1.22) 562.87 1.06 (0.85–1.32) 1.03 (0.92–1.15) 0.557 0.293
Colon Cancer 320.87 0.86 (0.65–1.13) 577.42 1.00 (0.75–1.34) 1.00 (0.87–1.16) 0.911 0.661
Proximal colon 317.463 0.82 (0.51–1.31) 559.76 0.98 (0.61–1.58) 1.00 (0.79–1.28) 0.974 0.820
Distal colon 322.59 0.98 (0.66–1.46) 569.40 0.96 (0.62–1.47) 0.98 (0.79–1.20) 0.858 0.941
Rectum Cancer 314.28 1.11 (0.85–1.45) 584.86 1.06 (0.78–1.44) 1.03 (0.88–1.20) 0.671 0.461
Yoghurt Colorectal Cancer 110.30 1.06 (0.86–1.32) 238.69 0.96 (0.77–1.20) 0.97 (0.87–1.08) 0.629 0.450
Colon Cancer 109.37 1.12 (0.83–1.49) 244.72 0.78 (0.58–1.06) 0.87 (0.76–1.01) 0.074 0.042
Proximal colon 108.31 0.63 (0.39–1.01) 250.56 0.43 (0.27–0.70) 0.66 (0.52–0.84) 0.001 0.007
Distal colon 110.66 1.27 (0.83–1.94) 238.47 0.81 (0.52–1.26) 0.88 (0.71–1.08) 0.259 0.085
Rectum Cancer 109.14 0.97 (0.72–1.30) 237.89 1.07 (0.80–1.45) 1.03 (0.88–1.19) 0.671 0.819
Milk Colorectal Cancer 90.30 0.84 (0.69–1.01) 242.22 0.98 (0.79–1.21) 0.97 (0.88–1.09) 0.708 0.848
Colon Cancer 93.13 0.95 (0.73–1.23) 244.47 1.06 (0.80–1.41) 1.03 (0.90–1.20) 0.596 0.632
Proximal colon 96.48 1.11 (0.72–1.70) 245.28 1.18 (0.74–1.88) 1.10 (0.88–1.40) 0.406 0.394
Distal colon 90.16 0.97 (0.66–1.42) 232.16 1.30 (0.87–1.96) 1.14 (0.93–1.39) 0.202 0.374
Rectum Cancer 86.71 0.75 (0.58–0.98) 247.17 0.97 (0.72–1.31) 0.95 (0.82–1.10) 0.531 0.741
Dough Colorectal Cancer 59.18 1.17 (0.97–1.42) 197.08 1.26 (0.98–1.61) 1.14 (1.01–1.29) 0.025 0.034
Colon Cancer 63.55 1.04 (0.81–1.33) 198.23 1.15 (0.83–1.60) 1.09 (0.93–1.28) 0.289 0.165
Proximal colon 63.03 1.21 (0.81–1.83) 174.45 1.52 (0.88–2.61) 1.23 (0.94–1.61) 0.120 0.368
Distal colon 61.64 1.02 (0.71–1.46) 197.91 1.06 (0.65–1.73) 1.05 (0.83–1.33) 0.684 0.554
Rectum Cancer 61.06 1.28 (0.99–1.65) 200.07 1.36 (0.96–1.91) 1.18 (1.00–1.40) 0.041 0.092
Kashk Colorectal Cancer 1.165 0.70 (0.57–0.85) 11.58 1.03 (0.81–1.31) 0.99 (0.88–1.13) 0.949 0.005
Colon Cancer 1.13 0.66 (0.50–0.87) 14.08 1.09 (0.79–1.49) 1.01 (0.86–1.20) 0.856 0.019
Proximal colon 1.16 0.79 (0.51–1.21) 10.38 0.90 (0.52–1.58) 0.93 (0.70–1.23) 0.625 0.514
Distal colon 1.13 0.64 (0.43–0.94) 12.98 0.91 (0.57–1.44) 0.91 (0.72–1.17) 0.486 0.101
Rectum Cancer 1.19 0.73 (0.55–0.97) 14.44 1.01 (0.73–1.40) 0.99 (0.84–1.18) 0.926 0.068
Cheese Colorectal Cancer 26.73 0.89 (0.74–1.08) 63.27 1.08 (0.81–1.44) 0.98 (0.86–1.12) 0.849 0.946
Colon Cancer 26.87 1.00 (0.78–1.29) 70.21 1.08 (0.74–1.56) 1.03 (0.87–1.24) 0.724 0.418
Proximal colon 26.35 1.05 (0.70–1.57) 74.13 0.78 (0.40–1.49) 0.93 (0.70–1.25) 0.630 0.870
Distal colon 26.99 0.94 (0.65–1.35) 69.57 1.20 (0.70–2.05) 1.05 (0.81–1.35) 0.675 0.448
Rectum Cancer 25.79 0.77 (0.60–0.99) 57.30 0.96 (0.63–1.47) 0.90 (0.74–1.08) 0.299 0.119
Cream Colorectal Cancer 0.451 1.07 (0.87–1.32) 4.61 1.33 (1.08–1.64) 1.11 (1.01–1.24) 0.040 0.317
Colon Cancer 0.462 1.23 (0.94–1.61) 5.17 1.37 (1.03–1.81) 1.14 (1.00–1.31) 0.057 0.499
Proximal colon 0.442 1.30 (0.83–2.04) 6.23 1.68 (1.08–2.61) 1.29 (1.04–1.61) 0.021 0.040
Distal colon 0.41 1.07 (0.72–1.58) 4.97 0.93 (0.60–1.43) 0.93 (0.76–1.15) 0.527 0.516
Rectum Cancer 0.465 0.99 (0.75–1.32) 4.99 1.20 (0.90–1.60) 1.05 (0.91–1.01) 0.478 0.741
Ice cream Colorectal Cancer 3.07 0.83 (0.65–1.06) 22.28 0.86 (0.62–1.21) 0.88 (0.74–1.04) 0.160 0.777
Colon Cancer 3.17 0.72 (0.52–0.98) 22.00 0.75 (0.48–1.17) 0.82 (0.64–1.02) 0.088 0.651
Proximal colon 3.26 1.25 (0.67–2.34) 22.71 1.48 (0.68–3.22) 1.20 (0.82–1.77) 0.330 0.531
Distal colon 3.31 0.55 (0.36–0.85) 19.44 0.44 (0.23–0.85) 0.59 (0.43–0.82) 0.002 0.108
Rectum Cancer 3.16 0.92 (0.67–1.28) 22.02 0.98 (0.61–1.55) 0.95 (0.75–1.20) 0.719 0.400
Other milk products Colorectal Cancer 4.17 0.70 (0.53–0.93) 59.17 1.00 (0.73–1.37) 0.91 (0.78–1.05) 0.204 0.233
Colon Cancer 4.18 0.66 (0.45–0.97) 83.54 0.99 (0.65–1.50) 0.89 (0.64–1.02) 0.260 0.145
Proximal colon 4.41 1.07 (0.61–1.87) 80.55 1.04 (0.53–2.03) 1.02 (0.75–1.38) 0.853 0.208
Distal colon 4.20 0.52 (0.28–0.95) 65.84 1.07 (0.60–1.92) 0.90 (0.67–1.20) 0.493 0.641
Rectum Cancer 5.04 0.77 (0.53–1.13) 62.91 0.96 (0.63–1.47) 0.91 (074–1.10) 0.372 0.685

Adjusted by gender, age, BMI, smoking, opium, province, aspirin, SES, physical activity, use of red and processed meat, fat intake, fiber intake.