Table 2 Height, weight, BMI, waist circumference, waist/hip ratio and weight change and incidence of BCC 1992–1996
From: Anthropometric measures in relation to Basal Cell Carcinoma: a longitudinal study
Males | Females | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BCC | No BCC | RR (95% CI) a | BCC | No BCC | RR (95% CI) a | |||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
Weight quartile | ||||||||||
Q1 | 23 | 30 | 97 | 24 | 1.0 | 17 | 21 | 141 | 25 | 1.0 |
Q2 | 15 | 20 | 107 | 26 | 0.7 (0.5–1.1) | 19 | 24 | 146 | 26 | 1.1 (0.6–1.8) |
Q3 | 21 | 28 | 100 | 24 | 0.9 (0.6–1.3) | 17 | 21 | 152 | 27 | 0.9 (0.5–1.5) |
Q4 | 17 | 22 | 106 | 26 | 1.0 (0.6–1.5) | 27 | 34 | 131 | 23 | 1.4 (0.9–2.4) |
n = 1223 | p = 0.29 | p = 0.22 | ||||||||
Height quartile | ||||||||||
Q1 | 18 | 27 | 84 | 23 | 1.0 | 19 | 25 | 125 | 24 | 1.0 |
Q2 | 15 | 23 | 92 | 25 | 1.3 (0.8–2.1) | 20 | 27 | 127 | 25 | 1.0 (0.6–1.6) |
Q3 | 21 | 32 | 98 | 26 | 1.5 (1.0–2.3) | 16 | 21 | 133 | 26 | 1.0 (0.6–1.7) |
Q4 | 12 | 18 | 97 | 26 | 0.9 (0.6–1.4) | 20 | 27 | 127 | 25 | 1.3 (0.8–2.3) |
n = 1112 | p = 0.16 | p = 0.62 | ||||||||
BMI category (kg/m2) | ||||||||||
<25 | 23 | 35 | 131 | 35 | 1.0 | 35 | 47 | 262 | 51 | 1.0 |
25–29.9 | 34 | 52 | 178 | 48 | 0.9 (0.6–1.4) | 26 | 35 | 166 | 33 | 0.7 (0.5–1.1) |
≥ 30 | 9 | 14 | 61 | 17 | 1.0 (0.6–1.7) | 14 | 19 | 82 | 16 | 1.2 (0.7–2.0) |
n = 1109 | p = 0.94 | p = 0.15 | ||||||||
Waist category (cm) | ||||||||||
<94 (M); <80 (F) | 27 | 36 | 182 | 45 | 1.0 | 26 | 33 | 252 | 45 | 1.0 |
94–101.9 (M); 80–87.9 (F) | 25 | 33 | 106 | 26 | 0.9 (0.6–1.3) | 53 | 67 | 312 | 55 | 1.0 (0.8–1.4) |
102 + (M); 88 + (F) | 24 | 32 | 117 | 29 | 1.0 (0.6–1.5) | 0 | 0 | |||
n = 1221 | p = 0.83 | p = 0.71 | ||||||||
Waist/hip ratio category | ||||||||||
≥ 1.0 (M); ≥ 0.85 (F) | 69 | 91 | 365 | 90 | 1.0 | 63 | 80 | 485 | 86 | 1.0 |
> 1.0 (M); > 0.85 (F) | 7 | 9 | 40 | 10 | 0.9 (0.5–1.5) | 16 | 20 | 78 | 14 | 1.1 (0.7–1.7) |
n = 1220 | p = 0.53 | p = 0.85 | ||||||||
Weight change (kg) | ||||||||||
<-4 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 18 | 1.2 (0.6–2.5) | 14 | 19 | 44 | 9 | 1.5 (0.8–2.7) |
-4–3.9 | 48 | 66 | 232 | 65 | 1.0 | 37 | 51 | 311 | 62 | 1.0 |
4–10 | 15 | 21 | 85 | 24 | 1.1 (0.6–1.9) | 18 | 25 | 115 | 23 | 1.4 (0.8–2.5) |
10+ | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 1.7 (0.5–5.6) | |
n = 1004 | p = 0.63 | p = 0.52 | ||||||||