Table 3.

Hazard ratios (HR) and 95 % CI of myocardial infarction by adherence to the Danish Dietary Guidelines Index in men (n 25 961) from the Diet, Cancer and Health study

	Cases	Model 1a		Model 1b		Model 2
	n	HR	95 % CI	HR	95 % CI	HR	95 % CI
Danish Dietary Guidelines Index
Score <3	570	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
Score 3–<4	1019	0·77	0·69, 0·85	0·87	0·78, 0·96	0·85	0·77, 0·95
Score 4–<5	484	0·66	0·58, 0·74	0·82	0·72, 0·93	0·80	0·70, 0·90
Score ≥5	71	0·67	0·53, 0·86	0·91	0·71, 1·17	0·86	0·67, 1·11
P for trend*		<0·001		0·009		0·002

Ref., referent category.

All analyses were stratified by date of enrolment (tertiles).

Model 1a: adjusted for length of follow-up (i.e. baseline age).

Model 1b: model 1a plus alcohol intake, alcohol abstinence, physical activity, smoking and education.

Model 2: model 1b plus baseline BMI, waist circumference, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia and diabetes.

^*Test for trend was performed by including the categorised index as a linear variable in the model.