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. 2022 Nov 26;22:489. doi: 10.1186/s12876-022-02557-7

Table 2.

Associations between lifestyle risk factors and SPS

Characteristics Sample Size Controls
(N = 714)
SPS
(N = 350)
Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis
N (%) N (%) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value
Sex (Female) 1064 404 (57) 227 (65) 0.010 4.54 (2.77–7.45) < 0.001
Age/ Diagnosis Age (years) (median, IQR) 1051 39 (29–57) 50 (44–55) < 0.001 0.96 (0.95–0.98) < 0.001
Affected with CRC 1064 0 (0) 82 (23)
Smoking Status 1039
 Never Smoked 504 334 (47) 170 (52) Ref.
 Current Smoker 152 120 (17) 32 (10) 0.003 0.50 (0.29–0.86) 0.012
 Former Smoker 383 258 (36) 125 (38) 0.732 1.30 (0.90–1.88) 0.156
Years Smoked (mean ± S.D.) 1036 10.20 ± 12.43 9.78 ± 14.34 0.631 1.01 (0.99–1.02) 0.456
Daily Cigarettes 1038
 No Cigarettes 505 334 (47) 171 (52) Ref.
 1–5 Cigarettes per day 99 54 (8) 45 (14) 0.029 1.52 (0.87–2.65) 0.139
 6–10 Cigarettes per day 112 78 (11) 34 (10) 0.477 0.74 (0.42–1.31) 0.306
  > 10 Cigarettes per day 322 246 (35) 76 (23) 0.002 0.70 (0.46–1.05) 0.085
Height (cm) (mean ± S.D.) 946 168.61 ± 10.11 171 .08 ± 9.38 < 0.001 1.07 (1.04–1.09) < 0.001
Weight (kg) (mean ± S.D.) 951 75.56 ± 16.94 76.71 ± 15.90
Weight at 20 years of age (kg) (mean ± S.D.) 935 63.22 ± 12.91 68.35 ± 14.43
BMI at registration (mean ± S.D.) 940 26.51 ± 5.29 26.25 ± 5.13 0.483
BMI at 20 years of age (mean ± S.D.) 924 22.14 ± 3.53 23.46 ± 4.73 < 0.001 1.09 (1.04–1.13) < 0.001
Diabetes 1027 31 (4) 15 (5) 0.749
Blood Lipid Lowering Medication 1007 65 (9) 36 (12) 0.241
Weekly Aspirin (dose/week) (mean ± S.D.) 1024 0.99 ± 3.36 0.36 ± 1.61 < 0.001 0.95 (0.88–1.02) 0.153
Weekly NSAIDs (dose/week) (mean ± S.D.) 1014 1.72 ± 4.62 0.50 ± 2.27 < 0.001 0.91 (0.86–0.97) 0.002
Weekly Antacids (dose/week) (mean ± S.D.) 1023 1.20 ± 4.75 0.88 ± 4.63 0.291
Weekly Multivitamins (dose/week) (mean ± S.D.) 1022 1.79 ± 3.44 1.18 ± 2.65 0.004 0.94 (0.89–1.00) 0.053
Calcium (dose/week) (mean ± S.D.) 1021 1.01 ± 2.70 0.48 ± 2.02 0.001 0.97 (0.89–1.05) 0.395
Paracetamol (dose/week) (mean ± S.D.) 1017 1.86 ± 7.60 1.54 ± 5.33 0.501
Folate (dose/week) (mean ± S.D.) 1015 1.09 ± 2.53 0.31 ± 1.54 < 0.001 0.82 (0.75–0.90) < 0.001
Weekly Alcohol Consumption 903
 No Alcohol 266 171 (27) 95 (35) Ref.
 1–100 g per week 388 285 (46) 103 (37) 0.012 0.56 (0.37–0.84) 0.005
 101–200 g per week 150 100 (16) 50 (18) 0.625 0.99 (0.59–1.67) 0.984
 201–350 g per week 63 46 (7) 17 (6) 0.190 0.67 (0.31–1.44) 0.307
> 350 g per week 36 25 (4) 11 (4) 0.543 0.52 (0.20–1.36) 0.183
Beer (serves per week) (mean ± S.D.) 919 1.78 ± 5.44 2.29 ± 6.33 0.232
Wine (serves per week) (mean ± S.D.) 918 4.09 ± 6.34 2.93 ± 5.97 0.006 0.97 (0.94–1.00) 0.089
Spirits (serves per week) (mean ± S.D.) 925 1.37 ± 4.34 0.88 ± 3.03 0.060 0.96 (0.91–1.01) 0.093
Number of Pregnanciesa (mean ± S.D.) 603 2.67 ± 1.61 1.80 ± 1.75 < 0.001 0.87 (0.75–1.01) 0.069
Pregnancy Age (years) a (mean ± S.D.) 489 25.68 ± 4.86 25.49 ± 5.06 0.700
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)a 547 74 (21) 14 (7) < 0.001 0.44 (0.20–0.98) 0.043

In the multivariate models, it was multivariate adjusted. Each group of cases is compared with controls. Variables were included in the multivariate model if it had a p-value of < 0.15 and less than < 20% missing data. A variable was considered significant in the multivariate model if it had a p-value < 0.05. For variables that were highly correlated, the smaller p-value was selected as the proxy to be included in the multivariate model.

a female only analysis