Table 5 Adjusted odds ratio (95% CIs) of cervical cancer for quartiles of serum antioxidant vitamin concentrations by passive-smoking status in Chinese women.

From: Associations between antioxidant vitamins and the risk of invasive cervical cancer in Chinese women: A case-control study

 

Quartiles of serum antioxidant vitamin concentrations

P-trend

P-interaction

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Serum retinol

     

0.002

N (case/control)

76/63

59/62

46/63

48/63

  

Passive smokers

1.00

0.88 (0.55, 1.40)

0.59 (0.36, 0.95)

0.46 (0.28, 0.76)

0.001

 

N (case/control)

55/119

57/119

56/119

60/119

  

Non-passive smokers

1.00

0.96 (0.60, 1.54)

1.04 (0.65, 1.67)

1.28 (0.81, 2.03)

0.249

 

Serum α-carotene

     

0.222

N (case/control)

67/62

66/63

54/63

33/63

  

Passive smokers

1.00

0.91 (0.57, 1.44)

0.78 (0.48, 1.26)

0.47 (0.28, 0.79)

0.005

 

N (case/control)

58/119

64/119

61/119

45/119

  

Non-passive smokers

1.00

1.13 (0.72, 1.78)

1.02 (0.65, 1.61)

0.76 (0.47, 1.24)

0.241

 

Serum β-carotene

     

0.002

N (case/control)

95/63

54/63

34/62

37/63

  

Passive smokers

1.00

0.54 (0.34, 0.87))

0.34 (0.21, 0.56)

0.36 (0.21, 0.61)

<0.001

 

N (case/control)

60/119

66/119

52/119

50/119

  

Non-passive smokers

1.00

1.07 (0.69, 1.66)

0.86 (0.54, 1.36)

0.96 (0.61, 1.51)

0.637

 

Serum vitamin E

     

0.001

N (case/control)

105/63

46/62

44/63

25/63

  

Passive smokers

1.00

0.44 (0.27, 0.70)

0.40 (0.25, 0.65)

0.27 (0.16, 0.46)

<0.001

 

N (case/control)

62/119

61/119

53/119

52/119

  

Non-passive smokers

1.00

0.98 (0.63, 1.53)

0.85 (0.54, 1.33)

0.81 (0.52, 1.28)

0.298

 

Serum vitamin C

     

0.004

N (case/control)

103/62

49/63

44/63

24/63

  

Passive smokers

1.00

0.47 (0.30, 0.74)

0.44 (0.27, 0.71)

0.23 (0.13, 0.41)

<0.001

 

N (case/control)

64/119

65/119

51/119

48/119

  

Non-passive smokers

1.00

1.01 (0.65, 1.56)

0.78 (0.50, 1.21)

0.72 (0.45, 1.14)

0.096

 
  1. Adjusted ORs (95% CI): from unconditional logistic models; Covariates adjusted: see Table 3.