Risk factors for Barrett’s oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma: Results from the FINBAR study

Table 4 Comparison of fruit and vegetable consumption (5 yr before interview date) between controls and Barrett’s oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma patients

	Controls	Barrett's Oesophagus			Oesophageal adenocarcinoma
	No.	No.	Adjusted1OR (95% CI)	Adjusted1 + GOROR (95% CI)	No.	Adjusted1OR (95% CI)	Adjusted1 + GOROR (95% CI)
Fruit and vegetables (portions/wk)
<20	85	105	1.00	1.00	98	1.00	1.00
20-34	86	58	0.58 (0.36 to 0.92)	0.50 (0.30 to 0.84)	61	0.64 (0.39 to 1.04)	0.60 (0.36 to 1.00)
> 34	86	60	0.61 (0.38 to 0.98)	0.67 (0.40 to 1.15)	65	0.67 (0.41 to 1.12)	0.71 (0.43 to 1.19)
Fruit (portions/wk)
< 5	83	94	1.00	1.00	109	1.00	1.00
5-20	87	76	0.78 (0.49 to 1.23)	0.91 (0.55 to 1.51)	63	0.52 (0.32 to 0.85)	0.56 (0.34 to 0.92)
> 20	87	53	0.57 (0.35 to 0.94)	0.64 (0.37 to 1.12)	53	0.47 (0.28 to 0.80)	0.50 (0.30 to 0.86)
Vegetables (portions/wk)
< 12	83	90	1.00	1.00	66	1.00	1.00
12-17	85	68	0.76 (0.48 to 1.21)	0.75 (0.45 to 1.25)	71	1.13 (0.68 to 1.86)	1.12 (0.67 to 1.87)
> 17	89	65	0.72 (0.44 to 1.15)	0.82 (0.48 to 1.39)	87	1.38 (0.84 to 2.28)	1.49 (0.89 to 2.48)

GOR: gastro-oesophageal reflux; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.

¹Adjusted for sex, age at interview date, smoking status (never, ex-, current), alcohol intake (grams), energy intake (kilocalories), body mass index (5 yr prior to interview), years of full-time education and job type (manual, non-manual).