Relative risk of colon and rectal cancer according to weekly intake of beer, wine, and spirits in the present study from the Copenhagen Centre for Prospective Studies, Denmark 1976–1993
| Colon | Rectum | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subjects (cases) | Relative risk* | 95% CL | Subjects (cases) | Relative risk* | 95% CL | |
| *All adjusted for age, sex, smoking, body mass index, study of origin, and alcohol intake of the remaining two types of alcohol. | ||||||
| †p<0.05. | ||||||
| 95% CL, 95% confidence limits. | ||||||
| Beer (drinks/wk) | ||||||
| 0 | 5388 (62) | 1.0 | 5388 (21) | 1.0 | ||
| <1 | 6020 (126) | 1.1 | 0.8–1.5 | 6020 (46) | 0.9 | 0.6–1.4 |
| 1–6 | 9723 (118) | 1.0 | 0.8–1.3 | 9723 (57) | 1.2 | 0.8–1.8 |
| 7–13 | 3979 (41) | 0.7 | 0.4–1.2 | 3979 (46) | 1.8† | 1.1–2.9 |
| ≥14 | 4022 (64) | 1.2 | 0.8–1.7 | 4022 (32) | 1.4 | 0.8–2.4 |
| Trend: p=0.37 | Trend: p=0.33 | |||||
| Wine (drinks/wk) | ||||||
| 0 | 6450 (85) | 1.0 | 6450 (46) | 1.0 | ||
| <1 | 5518 (112) | 1.0 | 0.8–1.3 | 5518 (44) | 0.9 | 0.6–1.3 |
| 1–6 | 14438 (185) | 0.9 | 0.7–1.1 | 14438 (93) | 1.0 | 0.7–1.3 |
| 7–13 | 1682 (21) | 0.9 | 0.5–1.5 | 1682 (12) | 0.9 | 0.5–1.8 |
| ≥14 | 1044 (8) | 0.5 | 0.2–1.0 | 1044 (7) | 0.9 | 0.4–2.1 |
| Trend: p=0.07 | Trend: p=0.87 | |||||
| Spirits (drinks/wk) | ||||||
| 0 | 9301 (76) | 1.0 | 9301 (46) | 1.0 | ||
| <1 | 6792 (131) | 0.9 | 0.7–1.2 | 6792 (50) | 0.9 | 0.7–1.3 |
| 1–6 | 10997 (173) | 1.3† | 1.1–1.7 | 10997 (80) | 1.0 | 0.7–1.5 |
| 7–13 | 1358 (19) | 0.8 | 0.5–1.4 | 1358 (18) | 1.4 | 0.8–2.4 |
| ≥14 | 684 (12) | 1.0 | 0.5–1.9 | 684 (8) | 1.3 | 0.6–3.0 |
| Trend: p=0.72 | Trend: p=0.23 | |||||