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Published in final edited form as: Nat Med. 2023 Mar 13;29(3):719–728. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02235-5

Extended Data Table 2.

Multivariable-adjusted associations of the cumulative average dietary patterns (comparing the 90th to 10th percentile) with major chronic disease in subgroups

Agea, year BMIb, kg/m2 Sexc
<65 ≥65 <25 ≥25 Men Women
Case 24,246 20,729 16,250 28,725 14427 30,548
Person-year 3,719,096 1,133,799 2,785,883 2,067,011 879,987 3,972,907
AHEI-2010 0.71 (0.68, 0.74) 0.83 (0.79, 0.86) 0.85 (0.82, 0.89) 0.76 (0.73, 0.79) 0.84 (0.81, 0.88) 0.72 (0.70, 0.75)
AMED 0.76 (0.73, 0.78) 0.84 (0.81, 0.87) 0.87 (0.83, 0.91) 0.80 (0.77, 0.83) 0.83 (0.79, 0.87) 0.78 (0.75, 0.80)
hPDI 0.75 (0.73, 0.78) 0.86 (0.83, 0.89) 0.87 (0.84, 0.91) 0.79 (0.76, 0.81) 0.86 (0.82, 0.90) 0.77 (0.75, 0.80)
DASH 0.73 (0.71, 0.76) 0.85 (0.81, 0.88) 0.85 (0.81, 0.89) 0.78 (0.75, 0.81) 0.83 (0.79, 0.87) 0.76 (0.74, 0.79)
DRRD 0.66 (0.63, 0.68) 0.78 (0.75, 0.81) 0.80 (0.76, 0.84) 0.69 (0.66, 0.71) 0.82 (0.78, 0.85) 0.66 (0.64, 0.68)
WCRF/AICR 1.03 (0.99, 1.07) 0.97 (0.93, 1.01) 0.96 (0.93, 1.01) 0.99 (0.95, 1.02) 0.95 (0.91, 0.99) 1.03 (1.00, 1.06)
rEDIH 0.51 (0.50, 0.53) 0.71 (0.68, 0.73) 0.78 (0.75, 0.81) 0.63 (0.61, 0.65) 0.74 (0.70, 0.77) 0.53 (0.51, 0.54)
rEDIP 0.55 (0.53, 0.56) 0.72 (0.70, 0.75) 0.76 (0.73, 0.79) 0.64 (0.63, 0.66) 0.77 (0.74, 0.80) 0.55 (0.53, 0.56)
Smoking Statusd Alcohole, g/day nSESf
Never Former Current ≤14 >14 < Median
Case 19,941 18,719 6,315 37,456 7,519 24,693
Person-year 2,689,238 1,671,370 492,287 4,228,443 624,451 2,424,086
AHEI-2010 0.74 (0.71, 0.77) 0.76 (0.73, 0.79) 0.79 (0.73, 0.85) 0.75 (0.73, 0.78) 0.80 (0.75, 0.85) 0.79 (0.77, 0.82)
AMED 0.77 (0.74, 0.80) 0.79 (0.76, 0.82) 0.82 (0.77, 0.89) 0.79 (0.76, 0.81) 0.82 (0.76, 0.87) 0.82 (0.79, 0.85)
hPDI 0.78 (0.75, 0.81) 0.79 (0.75, 0.82) 0.87 (0.81, 0.94) 0.79 (0.77, 0.82) 0.83 (0.78, 0.89) 0.81 (0.78, 0.84)
DASH 0.73 (0.70, 0.76) 0.78 (0.75, 0.82) 0.87 (0.81, 0.94) 0.77 (0.75, 0.80) 0.81 (0.76, 0.87) 0.80 (0.77, 0.83)
DRRD 0.68 (0.65, 0.70) 0.70 (0.67, 0.73) 0.78 (0.72, 0.84) 0.70 (0.68, 0.73) 0.75 (0.70, 0.80) 0.71 (0.69, 0.74)
WCRF/AICR 0.99 (0.95, 1.03) 1.00 (0.96, 1.04) 1.04 (0.96, 1.12) 0.99 (0.96, 1.02) 0.89 (0.82, 0.96) 1.04 (1.00, 1.07)
rEDIH 0.51 (0.50, 0.53) 0.60 (0.57, 0.62) 0.72 (0.67, 0.77) 0.55 (0.53, 0.56) 0.77 (0.73, 0.81) 0.59 (0.57, 0.61)
rEDIP 0.55 (0.53, 0.57) 0.62 (0.60, 0.64) 0.75 (0.71, 0.80) 0.57 (0.55, 0.58) 0.80 (0.76, 0.84) 0.60 (0.58, 0.62)
nSESg Race/Ethnicityg
≥ Median Non-Hispanic
White
Asian Hispanic Black Unknown
Case 20,282 39,433 554 354 686 3,948
Person-year 2,428,808 4,501,212 62,284 47,875 58,149 183,374
AHEI-2010 0.76 (0.73, 0.79) 0.76 (0.74, 0.78) 0.91 (0.65, 1.28) 0.51 (0.34, 0.78) 0.72 (0.53, 0.97) 0.85 (0.78, 0.94)
AMED 0.78 (0.75, 0.81) 0.79 (0.77, 0.81) 0.78 (0.55, 1.10) 0.55 (0.37, 0.82) 0.62 (0.46, 0.86) 0.88 (0.80, 0.96)
hPDI 0.80 (0.77, 0.83) 0.79 (0.77, 0.82) 0.87 (0.63, 1.20) 0.44 (0.30, 0.66) 0.81 (0.61, 1.07) 0.96 (0.88, 1.05)
DASH 0.78 (0.74, 0.81) 0.77 (0.75, 0.80) 0.82 (0.59, 1.14) 0.46 (0.31, 0.69) 0.61 (0.45, 0.82) 0.92 (0.84, 1.00)
DRRD 0.72 (0.69, 0.74) 0.70 (0.68, 0.72) 0.80 (0.56, 1.12) 0.47 (0.32, 0.71) 0.63 (0.47, 0.85) 0.84 (0.76, 0.92)
WCRF/AICR 0.98 (0.94, 1.01) 1.01 (0.98, 1.04) 1.07 (0.78, 1.46) 0.78 (0.53, 1.14) 0.93 (0.70, 1.24) 0.97 (0.89, 1.06)
rEDIH 0.60 (0.58, 0.62) 0.57 (0.55, 0.58) 0.55 (0.39, 0.77) 0.47 (0.32, 0.69) 0.65 (0.49, 0.87) 0.87 (0.80, 0.94)
rEDIP 0.64 (0.62, 0.66) 0.60 (0.58, 0.61) 0.61 (0.44, 0.84) 0.52 (0.37, 0.75) 0.59 (0.44, 0.79) 0.86 (0.79, 0.92)

AHEI-2010, Alternative Healthy Eating Index-2010; AMED, Alternate Mediterranean Diet score; BMI, body mass index; DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension score; DRRD, Diabetes Risk Reduction Diet; hPDI, Healthful plant-based diet index; MV, multivariable; nSES, neighborhood socioeconomic status; rEDIH, reversed Empirical dietary index for hyperinsulinemia; rEDIP, reversed Empirical dietary inflammation pattern; WCRF/AICR, World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) dietary score. Analyses were stratified by age (in month), calendar year, and cohort.

Models were adjusted for family history of diabetes (yes or no), family history of cancer (yes or no), family history of cardiovascular disease (yes or no), physical activity (<3.0, 3.0-8.9, 9.0-17.9, 18.0-26.9, 27.0-41.9, or ≥42 MET-h/week), cigarette smoking status (never, former quitting ≥10 y, former quitting <10 y, current), cigarette smoking pack-years (0, 1-4, 5-14, 15-24, or ≥25 pack-years), multivitamin use (yes or no), regular aspirin use (yes or no), regular non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs use (yes or no), postmenopausal hormone use (premenopausal, never, former, or current use) for women, and total energy intake (quintiles). For DASH, hPDI, and DRRD, alcohol consumption (<5.0, 5.0-14.9, or ≥15.0 g/d) was additionally adjusted for. We reported unadjusted P values based on two-sided statistical tests.

a

P values for the Wald test of interaction term (Pattern x Age) were <0.0001 for all pattern scores except WCRF/AICR (P = 0.21).

b

P values for the Wald test of interaction term (Pattern x BMI) were <0.0001 for all pattern scores except AMED (P = 0.80), hPDI (P = 0.006), DASH (P = 0.46), and WCRF/AICR (P = 0.54).

c

P values for the Wald test of interaction term (Pattern x Sex) were <0.0001 for all pattern scores except WCRF/AICR (P = 0.30).

d

P values for the Likelihood ratio test of interaction terms (Pattern x Smoking status) were <0.0001 for all pattern scores.

e

P values for the Wald test of interaction term (Pattern x Alcohol) were <0.05 for DRRD (P = 0.007), WCRF/AICR (P = 0.04), rEDIH (P <0.0001), and rEDIP (P <0.0001.

f

P values for the Wald test of interaction term (Pattern x nSES) were <0.05 for AMED (P = 0.0009), DASH (P = 0.02), DRRD (P = 0.04), WCRF/AICR (P = 0.004), and rEDIP (P = 0.02).

g

P values for the Likelihood ratio test of interaction terms (Pattern x Race/Ethnicity) were <0.0001 for all pattern scores except WCRF/AICR (P = 0.03).