Dietary and lifestyle indices for hyperinsulinemia and colorectal cancer risk: a case-control study

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 3 Association between the EDIH and ELIH with colorectal cancer

Tertiles of Indices	Case/Control	Model 1			Model 2
Tertiles of Indices	Case/Control	OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI
EDIH
T₁ (≤ 0.34)	18/53	1.00	Ref.		1.00	Ref.
T₂ (0.35–0.52)	25/46	1.60	0.77–3.29		2.16	0.93–4.98
T₃ (≥ 0.53)	28/43	1.91	0.93–3.92		3.12	1.30–7.48
P_trend		0.076			0.018
ELIH
T₁ (≤ 1.16)	16/53	1.00		Ref.	1.00	Ref.
T₂ (1.17–1.33)	24/47	1.69		0.80–3.56	2.26	0.81–6.31
T₃ (≥ 1.34)	31/42	2.44		1.18–5.05	4.72	1.15–19.39
P_trend		0.016			0.024

EDIH: empirical dietary index for hyperinsulinemia, ELIH: empirical lifestyle index for hyperinsulinemia, OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, T: tertile, Ref: reference
Obtained from logistic regression
These values are odds ratio (95% CIs).
Significant values are shown in bold
Model 1: crude model
Model 2: adjusted for smoking, BMI, physical activity, energy intake, family history of CRC in first- and second-degree relatives, and taking ibuprofen and aspirin

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