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Table 2 Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate and Relative Risk of Cancer by Dietary Preference, Leisure-time Physical Activity in Korean Men

From: Dietary preference, physical activity, and cancer risk in men: national health insurance corporation study

Cancer site

Dietary Preferencea

Leisure-time Physical Activityb

 

Meat

Vegetables or Mixture of vegetables and meat

Low

Moderate-High

All

(n = 937)

(n = 12,929)

(n = 8,461)

(n = 5,323)

   Age aIRc

581.9

536.6

562.6

506.2

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

0.92 (0.86 – 0.99)

1.00

0.90 (0.87 – 0.93)

   Multivariate (95% CI)d

1.00

0.96 (0.90 – 1.03)

1.00

0.91 (0.88 – 0.95)

Head and neck

(n = 46)

(n = 644)

(n = 411)

(n = 274)

   Age aIRc

28.9

27.1

27.7

26.4

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

0.94 (0.70 – 1.27)

1.00

0.95 (0.82 – 1.11)

   Multivariate (95% CI)d

1.00

0.97 (0.72 – 1.31)

1.00

0.96 (0.83 – 1.12)

Esophagus

(n = 25)

(n = 268)

(n = 189)

(n = 104)

   Age aIRc

13.9

9.8

11.1

12.5

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

0.70 (0.47 – 1.06)

1.00

0.79 (0.62 – 1.00)

   Multivariate (95% CI)d

1.00

0.79 (0.53 – 1.20)

1.00

0.84 (0.66 – 1.06)

Stomach

(n = 249)

(n = 3,416)

(n = 2,226)

(n = 1,407)

   Age aIRc

154.0

141.3

147.5

133.3

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

0.92 (0.81 – 1.04)

1.00

0.90 (0.85 – 0.97)

   Multivariate (95% CI)d

1.00

0.95 (0.84 – 1.09)

1.00

0.91 (0.86 – 0.98)

Lung

(n = 127)

(n = 1,464)

(n = 1,016)

(n = 558)

   Age aIRc

78.3

89.4

66.0

94.6

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

0.76 (0.63 – 0.91)

1.00

0.79 (0.71 – 0.87)

   Multivariate (95% CI)d

1.00

0.81 (0.68 – 0.98)

1.00

0.83 (0.75 – 0.92)

Colorectum

(n = 106)

(n = 1,729)

(n = 1,076)

(n = 751)

   Age aIRc

67.4

73.2

73.0

72.9

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

1.09 (0.89 – 1.32)

1.00

1.00 (0.91 – 1.10)

   Multivariate (95% CI)d

1.00

1.10 (0.90 – 1.34)

1.00

0.98 (0.90 – 1.08)

Liver

(n = 169)

(n = 2,524)

(n = 1672)

(n = 1,004)

   Age aIRc

96.7

98.2

104.2

89.1

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

1.02 (0.87 – 1.19)

1.00 (ref)

0.85 (0.79 – 0.92)

   Multivariate (95% CI)d

1.00

1.07 (0.92 – 1.25)

1.00 (ref)

0.88 (0.81 – 0.95)

Gallbladder

(n = 26)

(n = 310)

(n = 216)

(n = 122)

   Age aIRc

16.7

13.2

14.7

11.9

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

0.79 (0.53 – 1.18)

1.00

0.81 (0.65 – 1.01)

   Multivariate (95% CI)d

1.00

0.84 (0.57 – 1.26)

1.00

0.81 (0.65 – 1.02)

Pancreas

(n = 21)

(n = 330)

(n = 206)

(n = 143)

   Age aIRc

13.1

13.5

13.5

13.5

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

1.03 (0.66 – 1.61)

1.00

1.00 (0.81 – 1.23)

   Multivariate (95% CI)d

1.00

1.04 (0.67 – 1.62)

1.00

1.00 (0.81 – 1.24)

Kidney

(n = 26)

(n = 368)

(n = 230)

(n = 165)

   Age aIRc

16.1

15.4

15.4

15.7

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

0.95 (0.64 – 1.42)

1.00

1.02 (0.84 – 1.25)

   Multivariate (95% CI)d

1.00

0.99 (0.67 – 1.48)

1.00

1.01 (0.83 – 1.23)

Bladder

(n = 30)

(n = 385)

(n = 251)

(n = 163)

   Age aIRc

19.0

16.2

16.9

15.7

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

0.85 (0.59 – 1.24)

1.00

0.93 (0.76 – 1.13)

   Multivariate (95% CI)d

1.00

0.90 (0.62 – 1.30)

1.00

0.94 (0.77 – 1.15)

Prostate

(n = 19)

(n = 288)

(n = 188)

(n = 117)

   Age aIRc

10.6

10.2

10.7

9.6

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

0.96 (0.60 – 1.53)

1.00

0. 90 (0.72 – 1.14)

   Multivariate (95% CI)d

1.00

0.95 (0.59 – 1.51)

1.00

0.91 (0.72 – 1.14)

  1. The number in the parenthesis means the number of cancer cases.
  2. Abbreviations: aIR, age adjusted incidence rate; aRR, adjusted relative risk; CI, confidence interval.
  3. a Dietary preference was categorized as meats and vegetables or mixture of vegetables and meat.
  4. bWith the combination of frequency and duration with vigorous, sweat-producing leisure-time physical activity (LPA), it was categorized as (1) low; ≤ 4 times/week for < 30 min/session or ≤ 1 time/week for ≥ 30 min/session, (2) moderate; 2–4 times/week for ≥ 30 min/session or ≥ 5 times/week for < 30 min/session, and (3) high; ≥ 5 times/week for ≥ 30 min/session
  5. c The rate is per 100,000 person-years, adjusted to the age distribution of the entire study population.
  6. dThe multivariate relative risk model using standard Poisson regression analysis adjusted for age, dietary preference, LPA, smoking status, amount of alcohol drinking, body mass index, employment and fasting blood sugar as appropriate.