American Association for Cancer Research

Table 2.

Association between relative telomere length and female bladder cancer risk

Relative telomere length	Cases, n (%)	Controls, n (%)	OR (95% CI)*	OR (95% CI)^†	OR (95% CI)^‡
3rd tertile	16 (26.2)	23 (34.3)	1.00 ref	1.00 ref	1.00 ref
2nd tertile	11 (18.0)	23 (34.3)	0.69 (0.26, 1.80)	0.67 (0.25, 1.77)	0.78 (0.29, 2.11)
1st tertile	34 (55.7)	21 (31.3)	2.33 (1.01, 5.38)	2.34 (1.00, 5.49)	2.67 (1.11, 6.40)
			P_trend = 0.05	P_trend = 0.06	P_trend = 0.03

Relative telomere length	Cases, n (%)	Controls, n (%)	OR (95% CI)*	OR (95% CI)^†	OR (95% CI)^‡
3rd tertile	16 (26.2)	23 (34.3)	1.00 ref	1.00 ref	1.00 ref
2nd tertile	11 (18.0)	23 (34.3)	0.69 (0.26, 1.80)	0.67 (0.25, 1.77)	0.78 (0.29, 2.11)
1st tertile	34 (55.7)	21 (31.3)	2.33 (1.01, 5.38)	2.34 (1.00, 5.49)	2.67 (1.11, 6.40)
			P_trend = 0.05	P_trend = 0.06	P_trend = 0.03

Crude unconditional logistic regression.

Unconditional logistic regression adjusted for the matching factors (age and smoking status).

Unconditional logistic regression adjusted for the matching factors (age, smoking status) and pack-years of smoking.