Etiologic factors of gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma among men in Taiwan

Table 3 Association between suspected dietary pattern and risk of gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma in a Taiwan case-control study, 2000-2009

Variables	Case	Control	OR1	95% CI
Nitrate food (times/wk)
≥ 3	9	23	2.18	0.80-5.89
< 3	32	182	1.00
Smoked food (times/wk)
≥ 3	8	30	1.94	0.53-7.34
< 3	33	175	1.00
Fermented beans (times/wk)
≥ 3	11	24	2.87	0.82-9.77
< 3	30	181	1.00
Salted food (times/wk)
≥ 3	9	21	2.51a	1.08-6.11
< 3	32	184	1.00
Pickled vegetables (times/wk)
≥ 3	8	34	1.20	0.41-3.36
< 3	33	171	1.00
Biting food (times/wk)
≥ 3	6	58	0.38	0.08-2.01
< 3	35	147	1.00
Galic (times/wk)
≥ 3	10	60	0.62	0.17-2.12
< 3	31	145	1.00
Dairy products (times/wk)
≥ 3	7	47	0.72	0.13-4.15
< 3	34	158	1.00
Meat (servings/d)
≥ 6	30	150	1.24	0.42-3.67
< 6	11	55	1.00
Fresh vegetables (servings/d)
≥ 2	25	184	0.28a	0.09-0.80
< 2	16	21	1.00
Fresh fruits (servings/d)
≥ 2	15	169	0.19a	0.04-0.89
< 2	26	36	1.00
Stripped sweet potato (sun-dried)
Yes	20	71	1.71	0.86-3.37
No	21	134	1.00
Rice as principal food
Yes	32	176	0.53a	0.30-0.85
No	9	29	1.00
Milk (/d)
Yes	16	81	1.02	0.16-7.08
No	25	124	1.00
Coffee preference (/d)
Yes	13	62	1.20	0.55-2.53
No	28	143	1.00
Tea (/d)
Yes	18	110	0.69	0.36-1.29
No	23	95	1.00

¹Odds ratio (OR): Adjusted by age and years of schooling.

^aP < 0.05.