Research Article

Adherence to Lifelines Diet Score (LLDS) Is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer (BrCa): A Case-Control Study

Table 4

Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for breast cancer based on quartiles of food-based Lifelines Diet Score (LLDS).

Quartiles of scoreP for trend
Q1Q2Q3Q4
≤3132–3536–40≥41

Overall
Crude model1.00 (ref)0.54 (0.30–0.99)0.45 (0.25–0.79)0.31 (0.17–0.56)<0.001
Model 11.00 (ref)0.52 (0.28–0.95)0.42 (0.23–0.74)0.28 (0.15–0.52)<0.001
Model 21.00 (ref)0.36 (0.18–0.71)0.37 (0.19–0.70)0.21 (0.11–0.43)<0.001

Premenopausal
Crude model1.00 (ref)0.78 (0.36–1.67)0.43 (0.21–0.88)0.35 (0.16–0.77)0.003
Model 11.00 (ref)0.93 (0.42–2.04)0.41(0.19–0.85)0.38 (0.17–0.85)0.003
Model 21.00 (ref)0.51 (0.19–1.30)0.33 (0.13–0.80)0.26 (0.10–0.68)0.003

Postmenopausal
Crude model1.00 (ref)0.32 (0.11–0.87)0.41 (0.16–1.09)0.23 (0.08–0.63)0.017
Model 11.00 (ref)0.31 (0.11–0.87)0.43 (0.16–1.16)0.22 (0.08–0.63)0.020
Model 21.00 (ref)0.30 (0.10–0.94)0.41 (0.14–1.21)0.20 (0.06–0.60)0.015

Binary logistic regression was used to obtain OR and 95% CI. Model 1: adjusted for age and BMI. Model 2: waist circumference, energy, first pregnancy age, number of children, history of abortion, hormone replacement therapy, use of anti-inflammatory drugs, and vitamin D supplementation.