American Association for Cancer Research

Table 5.

Association between relative telomere length and bladder cancer risk in men and women

Relative telomere length	Cases, n (%)	Controls, n (%)	OR (95% CI)*	OR (95% CI)^†	OR (95% CI)^‡
4th quartile	39 (21.2)	49 (25.5)	1.00 ref	1.00 ref	1.00 ref
3rd quartile	26 (14.1)	50 (26.0)	0.65 (0.35, 1.23)	0.64 (0.34, 1.21)	0.63 (0.33, 1.22)
2nd quartile	51 (27.7)	47 (24.5)	1.36 (0.77, 2.43)	1.32 (0.74, 2.35)	1.44 (0.80, 2.61)
1st quartile	68 (37.0)	46 (24.0)	1.86 (1.06, 3.26)	1.84 (1.04, 3.25)	1.88 (1.05, 3.36)
			P_trend = 0.01	P_trend = 0.01	P_trend = 0.006

Relative telomere length	Cases, n (%)	Controls, n (%)	OR (95% CI)*	OR (95% CI)^†	OR (95% CI)^‡
4th quartile	39 (21.2)	49 (25.5)	1.00 ref	1.00 ref	1.00 ref
3rd quartile	26 (14.1)	50 (26.0)	0.65 (0.35, 1.23)	0.64 (0.34, 1.21)	0.63 (0.33, 1.22)
2nd quartile	51 (27.7)	47 (24.5)	1.36 (0.77, 2.43)	1.32 (0.74, 2.35)	1.44 (0.80, 2.61)
1st quartile	68 (37.0)	46 (24.0)	1.86 (1.06, 3.26)	1.84 (1.04, 3.25)	1.88 (1.05, 3.36)
			P_trend = 0.01	P_trend = 0.01	P_trend = 0.006

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), gender, and pack-years of smoking.