Table 2 Age-adjusted and multivariate RRs and 95% CI for ovarian cancer according to dairy consumption and intake of fat or lactose, Netherlands Cohort Study on Diet and Cancer, 1986–1997

From: Dairy consumption and ovarian cancer risk in the Netherlands Cohort Study on Diet and Cancer

 

All invasive epithelial ovarian tumours

Serous epithelial ovarian tumours

 

Median

Cases/person years a

RR (95% CI) a

Cases/person years b

RR (95% CI) b

Cases/person years a

RR (95% CI) a

Cases/person years b

RR (95% CI) b

Total milk (g day1)

 0

0

86/8021

1.00

75/7347

1.00

44/8021

1.00

39/7347

1.00

 0.1–<66.0

60

36/3677

0.91 (0.61–1.37)

33/3213

0.97 (0.63–1.50)

14/3677

0.69 (0.37–1.28)

12/3213

0.68 (0.35–1.32)

 66.0–<150.1

119

33/3048

1.01 (0.66–1.55)

26/2733

0.95 (0.59–1.54)

21/3048

1.26 (0.74–2.16)

15/2733

1.04 (0.56–1.93)

 150.1–<186.0

171

53/4778

1.02 (0.71–1.46)

49/4352

1.10 (0.75–1.62)

28/4778

1.04 (0.64–1.70)

26/4352

1.08 (0.64–1.81)

186.0

343

44/4269

0.96 (0.66–1.41)

40/3849

0.98 (0.65–1.48)

19/4269

0.81 (0.47–1.41)

17/3849

0.79 (0.43–1.40)

P-trend

  

0.99

 

0.97

 

0.45

 

0.64

Total yoghurt (gday1)

 0

0

69/6298

1.00

60/5677

1.00

37/6298

1.00

33/5677

1.00

 0.1–<48.1

12

58/5507

1.00 (0.69–1.45)

54/4939

1.07 (0.72–1.59)

25/5507

0.80 (0.47–1.36)

22/4939

0.77 (0.44–1.35)

 48.1–<96.2

53

58/4815

1.13 (0.78–1.64)

52/4473

1.11 (0.74–1.65)

34/4815

1.23 (0.76–1.99)

31/4473

1.16 (0.69–1.94)

96.2

139

67/7174

0.88 (0.61–1.25)

57/6406

0.87 (0.59–1.28)

30/7174

0.73 (0.45–1.21)

23/6406

0.60 (0.34–1.05)

 P-trend

  

0.61

 

0.63

 

0.19

 

0.1

Total cheese (gday1)

 0

0

18/1754

1.00

15/1597

1.00

10/1754

1.00

9/1597

1.00

 0.1–<12.9

7

61/5812

1.01 (0.58–1.76)

56/5160

1.21 (0.66–2.21)

28/5812

0.83 (0.40–1.75)

27/5160

0.93 (0.43–2.03)

 12.9–<18.6

19

60/6254

0.92 (0.52–1.60)

53/5722

0.98 (0.53–1.81)

32/6254

0.88 (0.43–1.83)

26/5722

0.77 (0.35–1.69)

 18.6–<37.1

31

82/6953

1.13 (0.66–1.94)

72/6297

1.20 (0.66–2.20)

39/6953

0.96 (0.47–1.97)

33/6297

0.86 (0.40–1.86)

37.1

56

31/3022

1.01 (0.55–1.86)

27/2718

1.06 (0.54–2.08)

17/3022

0.99 (0.45–2.22)

14/2718

0.84 (0.35–2.03)

P-trend

  

0.85

 

0.8

 

0.97

 

0.96

Fermented milk and milk products (gday1)

 0–<11

0

57/4759

1.00

52/4284

1.00

31/4759

1.00

28/4284

1.00

 11–<53.4

28

49/4847

0.87 (0.58–1.30)

44/4375

0.81 (0.53–1.25)

20/4847

0.65 (0.36–1.15)

18/4375

0.62 (0.34–1.16)

 53.4–<119.3

96

61/4745

1.10 (0.75–1.62)

52/4276

1.01 (0.67–1.53)

31/4745

1.02 (0.61–1.71)

25/4276

0.89 (0.51–1.57)

 119.3–<192.7

144

43/4532

0.81 (0.53–1.23)

38/4195

0.72 (0.46–1.13)

22/4532

0.77 (0.44–1.34)

18/4195

0.63 (0.34–1.15)

192.7

278

42/4911

0.74 (0.48–1.13)

37/4365

0.67 (0.42–1.06)

22/4911

0.71 (0.40–1.26)

20/4365

0.64 (0.35–1.18)

P-trend

  

0.31

 

0.26

 

0.40

 

0.37

Nonfermented milk and milk products (gday1)

 0–<46

21

45/4736

1.00

40/4359

1.00

24/4736

1.00

22/4359

1.00

 46–<115.8

77

49/4688

1.11 (0.72–1.69)

44/4158

1.16 (0.73–1.83)

22/4688

0.92 (0.51–1.67)

20/4158

0.93 (0.50–1.76)

 115.8–<192.7

155

50/4810

1.09 (0.72–1.67)

42/4398

1.05 (0.66–1.67)

32/4810

1.31 (0.76–2.26)

25/4398

1.10 (0.60–2.02)

 192.7–<292.0

230

61/4811

1.32 (0.88–1.98)

55/4337

1.32 (0.85–2.04)

27/4811

1.07 (0.61–1.89)

24/4337

1.01 (0.55–1.84)

292.0

375

47/4750

1.05 (0.68–1.61)

42/4244

1.04 (0.65–1.65)

21/4750

0.87 (0.48–1.58)

18/4244

0.76 (0.40–1.47)

P-trend

  

0.71

 

0.70

 

0.63

 

0.85

Dairy fat (gday1)

 0–<7.9

5

47/5191

1.00

43/4649

1.00

29/5191

1.00

28/4649

1.00

 7.9–<12.7

10

49/5052

1.07 (0.70–1.63)

44/4731

0.98 (0.63–1.53)

26/5052

0.92 (0.53–1.58)

23/4731

0.75 (0.42–1.33)

 12.7–<19.4

15

46/4776

1.07 (0.70–1.64)

40/4256

1.00 (0.63–1.59)

22/4776

0.82 (0.46–1.45)

18/4256

0.64 (0.35–1.19)

 19.4–<31.0

24

46/4685

1.07 (0.70–1.64)

40/4231

0.92 (0.58–1.47)

24/4685

0.90 (0.52–1.56)

20/4231

0.67 (0.37–1.22)

31.0

40

64/4091

1.70 (1.14–2.54)

56/3628

1.53 (1.00–2.36)

25/4091

1.04 (0.60–1.80)

20/3628

0.76 (0.42–1.39)

P-trend

  

0.04

 

0.11

 

0.94

 

0.63

Lactose (gday1)

 0–<7.7

5

59/4759

1.00

52/4310

1.00

29/4759

1.00

25/4310

1.00

 7.7–<11.7

10

49/4824

0.82 (0.55–1.22)

44/4393

0.87 (0.57–1.33)

31/4824

1.06 (0.63–1.79)

28/4393

1.11 (0.64–1.94)

 11.7–<15.6

14

39/4755

0.66 (0.43–1.01)

33/4410

0.62 (0.39–0.98)

16/4755

0.55 (0.30–1.03)

12/4410

0.45 (0.22–0.91)

 15.6–<21.1

18

57/5196

0.89 (0.61–1.31)

52/4620

0.92 (0.61–1.40)

29/5196

0.92 (0.54–1.57)

27/4620

0.95 (0.54–1.68)

21.1

26

48/4260

0.92 (0.61–1.38)

42/3762

0.93 (0.60–1.45)

21/4260

0.81 (0.46–1.45)

17/3762

0.72 (0.37–1.38)

P-trend

  

0.41

 

0.32

 

0.29

 

0.11

  1. aAge-adjusted analyses.
  2. bAnalyses adjusted for age (years), height (cm), current cigarette smoker (y/n), duration of cigarette smoking (years), number of cigarettes smoked daily, duration of oral contraceptive use (years) and parity (continuous), and fermented dairy products and nonfermented dairy products for each other.