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Table 4 Relationships between combined dietary factors and acute leukemia risk

From: Cured meat, vegetables, and bean-curd foods in relation to childhood acute leukemia risk: A population based case-control study

		Cases	Controls
Consumption of food		(n = 145)	(n = 370)	OR (95% CI)^a
Cured meat/fish	Vegetables
Rare or occasional	Rare or occasional	38	82	1.00
Frequent	Rare or occasional	19	15	2.73 (1.26–5.96) ^c
Rare or occasional	Frequent	56	200	0.61 (0.37–0.99) ^b
Frequent	Frequent	32	73	0.95 (0.54–1.67)
Cured meat/fish	Bean-curd food
Rare or occasional	Rare or occasional	24	48	1.00
Frequent	Rare or occasional	10	5	4.01 (1.23–13.05) ^b
Rare or occasional	Frequent	70	234	0.60 (0.34–1.05)
Frequent	Frequent	41	83	0.99 (0.53–1.83)
Vegetables	Bean-curd food
Rare or occasional	Rare or occasional	19	25	1.00
Frequent	Rare or occasional	15	28	0.70 (0.30–1.68)
Rare or occasional	Frequent	38	72	0.69 (0.34–1.42)
Frequent	Frequent	73	245	0.39 (0.20–0.75) ^c

^aOdds ratios and 95% confidence intervals derived from logistic regression adjusted for age and sex
^bp < 0.05; ^cp < 0.01

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