Table 3 Pre menopausal breast cancer

From: Meat consumption and risk of breast cancer in the UK Women's Cohort Study

    

Model 1 a

Model 2 b

 

Consumption ( g /day)

Person years (mean (s.d.))

Cases/non-cases

HR

95% CI

HR

95% CI

Total meat

Categorical

None (ref)

0

7.50 (0.66)

98/5435

1.00

1.00

Low

<62

7.35 (0.85)

52/3586

0.72

(0.51, 1.03)

0.68

(0.47, 0.99)

Medium

62–103

6.96 (0.99)

63/3309

1.00

(0.72, 1.39)

1.08

(0.76, 1.53)

High

>103

6.83 (0.97)

70/3334

1.16

(0.85, 1.58)

1.20

(0.86, 1.68)

Continuous

  

Risk per 50 g/day

1.10

(1.00,1.20)

1.12

(1.02, 1.23)

    

P (trend)=0.046

 

P (trend)=0.02

 

Non-processed meat (including red meat, poultry and offal)

Categorical

None (ref)

0

7.50 (0.66)

98/5556

1.00

1.00

Low

<50

7.32 (0.86)

51/3539

0.73

(0.51, 1.04)

0.69

(0.47, 1.01)

Medium

50–84

6.97 (1.01)

66/3271

1.09

(0.79, 1.51)

1.18

(0.83, 1.66)

High

>84

6.83 (0.97)

68/3298

1.17

(0.86, 1.6)

1.20

(0.86, 1.68)

Continuous

  

Risk per 50 g/day

1.10

(0.99, 1.22)

1.13

(1.01, 1.26)

    

P (trend)=0.069

 

P (trend)=0.03

 

Processed meat

Categorical

None (ref)

0

7.51 (0.68)

109/6069

1.00

1.00

Low

<10

7.22 (0.89)

55/3196

0.88

(0.62, 1.24)

0.94

(0.65, 1.36)

Medium

10–20

6.95 (1.00)

56/3223

0.94

(0.67, 1.32)

1.04

(0.72, 1.51)

High

>20

6.89 (0.97)

63/3176

1.13

(0.82, 1.56)

1.20

(0.85, 1.7)

Continuous

  

Risk per 50 g/day

1.44

(0.96, 2.18)

1.45

(0.95, 2.23)

    

P (trend)=0.079

 

P (trend)=0.09

 

Red meat

Categorical

None (ref)

0

7.52 (0.66)

113/6463

1.00

1.00

Low

<32

7.24 (0.90)

50/3328

0.83

(0.58, 1.18)

0.80

(0.55, 1.17)

Medium

32–57

6.91 (0.98)

59/3050

1.11

(0.79, 1.55)

1.19

(0.83, 1.7)

High

>57

6.78 (0.98)

61/2823

1.28

(0.93, 1.77)

1.32

(0.93, 1.88)

Continuous

  

Risk per 50 g/day

1.10

(0.97, 1.25)

1.13

(0.99, 1.29)

    

P (trend)=0.143

 

P (trend)=0.08

 

Poultry

Categorical

None (ref)

0

7.50 (0.67)

99/5700

1.00

1.00

Low

<14

7.17 (0.96)

53/2854

1.05

(0.74, 1.48)

1.07

(0.74, 1.54)

Medium

14–23

6.99 (0.99)

64/3486

1.06

(0.77, 1.47)

1.05

(0.75, 1.49)

High

>23

7.00 (0.95)

67/3624

1.10

(0.81, 1.51)

1.15

(0.82, 1.61)

Continuous

  

Risk per 50 g/day

1.23

(0.91, 1.65)

1.28

(0.93, 1.75)

    

P (trend)=0.172

 

P (trend)=0.13

 

Offal

Categorical

None (ref)

0

7.32 (0.82)

183/10616

1.00

1.00

Low

2

6.97 (0.98)

69/3252

1.24

(0.93, 1.66)

1.32

(0.98, 1.78)

  

High

>2

6.96 (1.00)

31/1796

0.99

(0.67, 1.47)

0.96

(0.63, 1.45)

Continuous

  

Risk per 50 g/day

1.53

(0.22, 10.36)

1.63

(0.22, 11.9)

    

P (trend)=0.665

 

P (trend)=0.63

 
  1. CI=confidence intervals; HR=hazard ratios.
  2. aAdjusting for age and energy intake.
  3. bAdjusting for age, energy intake, BMI, physical activity, smoking status, HRT use, OCP use, parity, total fruit and vegetable intake.