Nutritional factors and gastric cancer in Zhoushan Islands, China

Table 3 (PDF) Odds ratios1 (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of gastric cancer in relation to quartiles of macronutrients by sex, Zhoushan, China

Nutrient/d2	Males				P fortrend	Females				P fortrend
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Total calories	1.0	1.20 (0.50–2.87)	1.02 (0.39–2.64)	1.26 (0.51–3.11)	>0.10	1.0	1.45 (0.27–7.89)	1.41 (0.26–7.74)	2.75 (0.45–16.84)	>0.10
Protein	1.0	3.00 (1.02–8.85)	5.11 (1.26–20.76)	10.30 (1.83–58.12)	0.010	1.0	4.28 (0.50–36.77)	1.71 (0.13–22.37)	6.10 (0.39–94.66)	>0.10
Fat	1.0	1.29 (0.52–3.2)	1.21 (0.46–3.17)	1.01 (0.35–2.92)	>0.10	1.0	1.38 (0.21–8.9)	1.85 (0.23–14.74)	8.26 (1.03–66.51)	0.023
Saturated fat	1.0	2.51 (0.90–6.97)	2.34 (0.81–6.8)	3.24 (1.11–9.49)	0.060	1.0	0.24 (0.02–3.11)	3.34 (0.52–21.44)	3.42 (0.48–24.49)	0.094
Monounsaturated	1.0	1.62 (0.67–3.94)	1.24 (0.49–3.17)	1.17 (0.43–3.22)	>0.10	1.0	0.30 (0.03–2.59)	1.83 (0.31–10.76)	1.32 (0.17–10.4)	>0.10
fat
Polyunsaturated	1.0	1.21 (0.46–3.17)	1.72 (0.66–4.46)	0.96 (0.33–2.78)	>0.10	1.0	0.21 (0.03–1.37)	0.47 (0.09–2.57)	0.10 (0.01–0.80)	0.068
fat
Fiber	1.0	1.69 (0.58–4.92)	0.69 (0.20–2.37)	2.41 (0.51–11.52)	>0.10	1.0	1.82 (0.30–10.9)	1.9 (0.27–13.44)	0.72 (0.06–8.97)	>0.10
Carbohydrates	1.0	1.39 (0.47–4.11)	1.6 (0.41–6.27)	2.14 (0.35–13.04)	>0.10	1.0	0.94 (0.1–8.57)	3.27 (0.37–28.84)	14.78 (1.11–197.32)	0.024
Cholesterol	1.0	1.08 (0.40–2.87)	2.53 (0.99–6.44)	2.76 (1.01–7.53)	0.050	1.0	6.05 (0.53–69.17)	5.31 (0.44–63.44)	11.9 (0.97–146.53)	0.062

¹Adjusted for age, present residence, education, economic status, smoking (males only), alcoholics (males only) and total calories intake;

²Data are ORs, with 95%CIs in parentheses.