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. 2021 Jan 21;24(15):5034–5046. doi: 10.1017/S1368980021000197

Table 3.

OR for food groups, food items and dietary patterns, comparing cases (daily GERD symptoms) with non-cases (symptoms <1 d/week)

Quintiles of consumption frequency * Test for trend, P-value Test for linearity, P-value
Quintile 2 Quintile 3 Quintile 4 Quintile 5 Increase of 1 time/week
OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI
Food group
 Total meat 0·99 0·81, 1·21 1·09 0·90, 1·33 1·08 0·87, 1·34 1·13 0·90, 1·41 1·01 0·99, 1·03 0·202 0·820
  Red meat 1·05 0·86, 1·28 0·93 0·76, 1·13 0·88 0·72, 1·08 0·98 0·79, 1·21 0·99 0·97, 1·01 0·537 0·434
  Fish 0·98 0·80, 1·19 1·00 0·81, 1·22 1·17 0·96, 1·43 1·30 1·05, 1·61 1·09 1·03, 1·15 0·002 1·000
  Chicken 1·07 0·89, 1·29 1·06 0·86, 1·30 1·13 0·93, 1·38 1·34 1·11, 1·63 1·08 1·03, 1·14 0·002 0·852
  Processed meat 1·01 0·83, 1·22 1·09 0·86, 1·37 0·94 0·79, 1·12 0·99 0·81, 1·20 0·99 0·96, 1·03 0·749 0·584
 Total vegetables 0·95 0·78, 1·17 0·97 0·81, 1·16 1·06 0·83, 1·34 1·08 0·88, 1·32 1·00 1·00, 1·01 0·290 0·899
  Leafy vegetables 0·98 0·82, 1·17 0·89 0·71, 1·12 0·96 0·78, 1·17 0·95 0·78, 1·17 0·99 0·97, 1·02 0·661 0·904
  Cruciferous vegetables 0·99 0·80, 1·22 1·23 0·99, 1·51 1·23 1·00, 1·50 1·48 1·20, 1·82 1·04 1·02, 1·06 <0·001 0·506
 Total fruit 0·79 0·65, 0·95 0·80 0·65, 0·97 0·78 0·64, 0·95 0·73 0·58, 0·92 0·99 0·99, 1·00 0·012 0·187
 Total dairy 0·81 0·66, 1·00 0·87 0·70, 1·06 0·91 0·74, 1·12 0·80 0·64, 1·00 1·00 0·99, 1·00 0·173 0·236
 High-fat/added-sugar discretionary food 0·98 0·80, 1·20 0·93 0·75, 1·15 0·94 0·75, 1·16 1·07 0·86, 1·34 1·00 0·99, 1·01 0·386 0·611
Food item
 Citrus 0·83 0·68, 1·00 0·87 0·72, 1·05 0·59 0·48, 0·74 0·66 0·53, 0·81 0·97 0·95, 0·98 <0·001 0·018
 Tomato 0·88 0·72, 1·06 0·82 0·69, 0·97 0·90 0·71, 1·14 0·89 0·71, 1·12 0·99 0·96, 1·02 0·430 0·209
 Chocolate 0·92 0·76, 1·10 1·00 0·83, 1·20 0·97 0·79, 1·20 1·10 0·87, 1·41 1·02 0·98, 1·05 0·302 0·752
 Carbonated beverages 1·00 0·82, 1·23 1·18 0·96, 1·45 1·30 1·06, 1·58 1·48 1·24, 1·77 1·06 1·03, 1·08 <0·001 0·741
 Tea 0·78 0·63, 0·97 0·87 0·70, 1·08 0·90 0·74, 1·09 1·01 0·82, 1·23 1·00 1·00, 1·01 0·241 0·094
 Coffee 0·95 0·76, 1·19 0·79 0·63, 1·00 0·87 0·71, 1·06 0·89 0·72, 1·12 1·00 0·99, 1·00 0·544 0·272

MDS, Mediterranean Diet Score; AHEI-2010, Alternate Healthy Eating Index-2010.

*

Estimated OR comparing each quintile of consumption frequency with the lowest quintile. Regression models adjusted for age, total energy intake, education, Socio-economic Indexes for Areas, occupational and leisure physical activity, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, country of birth and dietary variables. For the analyses of meat, dairy, high-fat added-sugar discretionary food, chocolate, carbonated beverages, tea, coffee and alcohol intake, the models included total fruit, cruciferous vegetables and leafy vegetables. For the analyses of vegetable and fruit intake, the models included total fat.