Table 4.
Odds of non-fatal CVD over 15 years of follow-up based on quartiles of diet quality scores; 1946–1951 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health
| ARFS (maximum score = 74) | MDS (maximum score = 17) | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1(ARFS ≤ 25) | Q2(ARFS = 26–31) | Q3(ARFS = 32–37) | Q4(ARFS ≥ 38) | Total | Q1(MDS ≤ 5) | Q2(MDS = 6) | Q3(MDS = 7) | Q4(MDS ≥ 8) | Total | |||||||||
| No. per quartile | 1288 | 1300 | 1394 | 1342 | 5324 | 1286 | 1015 | 1185 | 1838 | 5324 | ||||||||
| No. of self-reported non-fatal CVD cases | 174 | 135 | 173 | 147 | 629 | 168 | 137 | 136 | 188 | 629 | ||||||||
ARFS, Australian Recommended Food Score; MDS, Mediterranean Diet Score; Q, quartile; Ref. referent category.
*
Model 1: adjusted for energy (kJ/d), age, birth country (race), socio-economic status and education.
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Model 2: model 1 additionally adjusted for physical activity, smoking and BMI.