Plasma clusterin as a candidate pre-diagnosis marker of colorectal cancer risk in the Florence cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition: a pilot study

Table 3 Logistic regression models in the whole EPIC series ^a : P-values

Model^b	APOC2	CLU	CO4-B	CO9	FETUA	MASP2	MBL2	PGRP2
1	0.62	0.33	0.56	0.41	0.41	0.42	0.75	0.93
2	0.26	0.17	0.29	0.07	0.35	0.18	0.58	0.59
3	0.32	0.89	0.32	0.17	0.84	0.37	0.87	0.69
4	0.59	0.68	0.27	0.92	0.42	0.57	0.81	0.84

^a96 samples, 40 men + 56 women.
^bModel 1 (each protein considered as continuous): stratified by case-set, adjusted by smoking, waistline, education.
Model 2 (each protein considered as continuous): stratified by case-set, adjusted by smoking, BMI, education.
Model 3 (each protein considered as continuous): stratified by case-set, adjusted by smoking, waistline, education, daily intake of fruit, vegetables, red meat, and alcohol.
Model 4 (each protein considered as dichotomised above/below the median value): stratified by case-set, adjusted by smoking, waistline, education.

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