Table 3 Sensitivity analyses of the association of increasing 5 g per day of total nut intakea and risk of ESCC

From: Nut consumption and the risk of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in the Golestan Cohort Study

Exclusion

HRb (95% CI)

P for trend

No exclusions

0.71 (0.56–0.91)

0.03

First 2 years of follow up

0.71 (0.56–0.92)

0.04

Participants with extreme BMIc

0.74 (0.58–0.94)

0.04

Participants with extreme wealth scored

0.75 (0.59–0.97)

0.06

Smokers, opium users and/or alcohol drinkers

0.69 (0.51–0.95)

0.04

  1. aIncluding tree nut, peanut, walnut and seed.
  2. bAdjusted for age (years), sex (M, F), place of residence (urban, rural), smoking (pack-year), opium user (nokhod-year, a local unit for opium consumption that weighs about 200 mg), wealth score (low, medium, high), ethnicity (non-Turkmen, Turkmen), body mass index ( < 18.5, ≥18.5, ≥25, ≥ 30), education (no formal, formal education), physical activity (Irregular non-intense, Regular non-intense, regular or irregular intense), fruits intake (g/d) and vegetables intake (g/d); HRs (95% CI) were calculated using Cox regression models.
  3. cBMI <18.5 or BMI >35
  4. dThe first and last deciles of wealth score
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