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Table 5 Association (HR, 95% CI) between Adherence and Any, Breast, Colorectal and Prostate Cancer Incidence by Region, NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study

From: Cancer-related risk factors and incidence of major cancers by race, gender and region; analysis of the NIH-AARP diet and health study

Adherence

All

Mid-West

North East

South

West

Any Cancer

1

1.88 (1.82 - 1.95)

1.84 (1.59 - 2.14)

2.03 (1.91 - 2.17)

1.98 (1.87 - 2.10)

1.64 (1.54 - 1.75)

2

1.61 (1.57 - 1.65)

1.58 (1.41 - 1.77)

1.70 (1.63 - 1.79)

1.67 (1.60 - 1.75)

1.45 (1.38 - 1.52)

3

1.37 (1.35 - 1.4)

1.36 (1.26 - 1.46)

1.43 (1.38 - 1.47)

1.41 (1.37 - 1.45)

1.28 (1.24 - 1.32)

4

1.17 (1.16 - 1.18)

1.17 (1.12 - 1.21)

1.19 (1.18 - 1.21)

1.19 (1.17 - 1.20)

1.13 (1.11 - 1.15)

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Breast Cancer

1

1.44 (1.30 - 1.59)

2.03 (1.32 - 3.12)

1.53 (1.26 - 1.85)

1.36 (1.15 - 1.61)

1.38 (1.16 - 1.64)

2

1.31 (1.22 - 1.42)

1.70 (1.23 - 2.35)

1.37 (1.19 - 1.59)

1.26 (1.11 - 1.43)

1.27 (1.12 - 1.45)

3

1.20 (1.14 - 1.26)

1.42 (1.15 - 1.77)

1.24 (1.12 - 1.36)

1.17 (1.07 - 1.27)

1.17 (1.08 - 1.28)

4

1.10 (1.07 - 1.12)

1.19 (1.07 - 1.33)

1.11 (1.06 - 1.17)

1.08 (1.04 - 1.13)

1.08 (1.04 - 1.13)

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Prostate Cancer

1

0.77 (0.72 - 0.83)

0.82 (0.62 - 1.08)

0.77 (0.68 - 0.87)

0.79 (0.71 - 0.89)

0.75 (0.66 - 0.85)

2

0.82 (0.78 - 0.87)

0.86 (0.70 - 1.06)

0.83 (0.75 - 0.90)

0.84 (0.77 - 0.91)

0.80 (0.73 - 0.88)

3

0.88 (0.85 - 0.91)

0.91 (0.79 - 1.04)

0.88 (0.83 - 0.94)

0.89 (0.84 - 0.94)

0.86 (0.81 - 0.92)

4

0.94 (0.92 - 0.95)

0.95 (0.89 - 1.02)

0.94 (0.91 - 0.97)

0.94 (0.92 - 0.97)

0.93 (0.90 - 0.96)

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Colorectal Cancer

1

2.24 (2.00 - 2.52)

3.43 (2.00 - 5.88)

2.64 (2.16 - 3.24)

2.27 (1.87 - 2.75)

1.72 (1.39 - 2.14)

2

1.83 (1.68 – 2.00)

2.52 (1.68 - 3.78)

2.07 (1.78 - 2.41)

1.85 (1.60 - 2.13)

1.50 (1.28 - 1.77)

3

1.50 (1.41 - 1.59)

1.85 (1.42 - 2.42)

1.63 (1.47 - 1.80)

1.51 (1.37 - 1.66)

1.31 (1.18 - 1.46)

4

1.22 (1.19 - 1.26)

1.36 (1.19 - 1.56)

1.27 (1.21 - 1.34)

1.23 (1.17 - 1.29)

1.15 (1.09 - 1.21)

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  1. All models estimated using Cox Proportional Hazards regression and adjusted for age, race, gender (for any and colorectal cancer), marriage (ever, current), education (high school, college degree), and state (for all regions, and multi-state regions)