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Table 3 Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate and Relative Risk of Cancer by Smoking Status and Dietary Preferencea

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

Cancer site

Never/Former Smokers

Current Smokers

 

Meat

Vegetables or mixture of vegetables and meat

Meat

Vegetables or mixture of vegetables and meat

All

(n = 275)

(n = 4,586)

(n = 654)

(n = 8,135)

   Age aIRb

479.0

458.1

653.9

601.9

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

0.96 (0.85 – 1.08)

1.00

0.92 (0.85 – 1.00)

   Multivariate (95% CI)c

1.00

0.97 (0.86 – 1.10)

1.00

0.94 (0.87 – 1.02)

Head and neck

(n = 12)

(n = 227)

(n = 34)

(n = 411)

   Age aIRb

21.2

23.3

34.4

30.7

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

1.10 (0.61 – 1.96)

1.00

0.89 (0.63 – 1.26)

   Multivariate (95% CI)c

1.00

1.11 (0.62 – 2.00)

1.00

0.91 (0.64 – 1.29)

Esophagus

(n = 6)

(n = 56)

(n = 19)

(n = 212)

   Age aIRb

8.9

4.7

17.1

13.8

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

0.53 (0.23 – 1.22)

1.00

0.81 (0.51 – 1.29)

   Multivariate (95% CI)c

1.00

0.56 (0.24 – 1.29)

1.00

0.87 (0.54 – 1.39)

Stomach

(n = 82)

(n = 1,171)

(n = 162)

(n = 2,192)

   Age aIRb

141.6

115.5

161.0

161.6

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

0.82 (0.65 – 1.02)

1.00

1.00 (0.86 – 1.18)

   Multivariate (95% CI)c

1.00

0.83 (0.66 – 1.03)

1.00

1.02 (0.87 – 1.20)

Lung

(n = 21)

(n = 343)

(n = 105)

(n = 1,105)

   Age aIRb

36.8

34.0

104.5

79.8

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

0.92 (0.59 – 1.44)

1.00

0.76 (0.63 – 0.93)

   Multivariate (95% CI)c

1.00

0.95 (0.61 – 1.48)

1.00

0.77 (0.63 – 0.95)

Colorectum

(n = 40)

(n = 767)

(n = 66)

(n = 935)

   Age aIRb

70.3

77.2

68.0

71.1

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

1.10 (0.80 – 1.51)

1.00

1.05 (0.81 – 1.34)

   Multivariate (95% CI)c

1.00

1.12 (0.82 – 1.55)

1.00

1.05 (0.82 – 1.35)

Liver

(n = 48)

(n = 921)

(n = 119)

(n = 1,551)

   Age aIRb

78.8

87.9

107.9

105.9

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

1.12 (0.83 – 1.49)

1.00 (ref)

0.98 (0.81 – 1.18)

   Multivariate (95% CI)c

1.00

1.14 (0.85 – 1.53)

1.00 (ref)

1.02 (0.85 – 1.23)

Gallbladder

(n = 10)

(n = 120)

(n = 16)

(n = 185)

   Age aIRb

18.0

12.4

16.5

14.0

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

0.69 (0.36 – 1.31)

1.00

0.85 (0.51 – 1.41)

   Multivariate (95% CI)c

1.00

0.72 (0.38 – 1.37)

1.00

0.90 (0.54 – 1.51)

Pancreas

(n = 6)

(n = 114)

(n = 15)

(n = 210)

   Age aIRb

9.5

10.2

15.5

15.9

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

1.07 (0.47 – 2.43)

1.00

1.02 (0.61 – 1.73)

   Multivariate (95% CI)c

1.00

1.07 (0.47 – 2.43)

1.00

1.00 (0.59 – 1.70)

Kidney

(n = 7)

(n = 142)

(n = 19)

(n = 220)

   Age aIRb

12.2

14.2

18.9

16.3

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

1.17 (0.55 – 2.50)

1.00

0.87 (0.54 – 1.38)

   Multivariate (95% CI)c

1.00

1.24 (0.58 – 2.64)

1.00

0.89 (0.56 – 1.43)

Bladder

(n = 5)

(n = 123)

(n = 25)

(n = 255)

   Age aIRb

8.7

12.1

25.4

19.1

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

1.39 (0.57 – 3.41)

1.00

0.75 (0.50 – 1.14)

   Multivariate (95% CI)c

1.00

1.41 (0.58 – 3.45)

1.00

0.77 (0.51 – 1.16)

Prostate

(n = 8)

(n = 134)

(n = 11)

(n = 142)

   Age aIRb

12.2

11.2

10.2

9.3

   Age aRR (95% CI)

1.00

0.91 (0.45 – 1.87)

1.00

0.91 (0.49 – 1.68)

   Multivariate (95% CI)c

1.00

0.89 (0.44 – 1.83)

1.00

0.93 (0.50 – 1.72)

  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. bThe rate is per 100,000 person-years, adjusted to the age distribution of the entire study population.
  5. c The multivariate relative risk model using standard Poisson regression analysis adjusted for age, leisure-time physical activity, amount of alcohol drinking, body mass index and fasting blood sugar as appropriate.