Table 3 Independent and interactive effects of hot black tea consumption and citrus peel use on the risk of skin SCC
OR | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intake | (95% confidence Interval) | |||||
Citrus | Hot | Cases | Controls | Adjusted for | Adjusted for age, gender | |
peel | black tea | No. | No | Crude | age & gender | & SCC risk |
factors | ||||||
no | no | 60 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
no | yes | 38 | 39 | 0.80 (0.44 – 1.42) | 0.75 (0.41 – 1.37) | 0.60 (0.30 – 1.23) |
yes | no | 16 | 27 | 0.48 (0.23 – 0.99) | 0.45 (0.22 – 0.97) | 0.30 (0.13 – 0.72) |
yes | yes | 23 | 38 | 0.49 (0.26 – 0.94) | 0.47 (0.24 – 0.92) | 0.22 (0.10 – 0.51) |
P for trend | 0.013 | 0.012 | 0.000 | |||