Table 3.

Sensitivity analyses for the association between each provegetarian food pattern and all-cause mortality in different scenarios (highest versus lowest quintile).

	n	Deaths	PVG	hPVG	uPVG
			HR (95% CI)	HR (95% CI)	HR (95% CI)
Overall	17,989	460	0.68 (0.50–0.93)	0.65 (0.47–0.90)	1.31 (0.94–1.83)
Energy limits: 5th–95th centiles	17,973	443	0.69 (0.50–0.95)	0.64 (0.47–0.89)	1.35 (0.96–1.90)
Excluding deaths in two first years	17,919	431	0.69 (0.51–0.95)	0.66 (0.47–0.92)	1.26 (0.89–1.79)
Excluding special diet	16,620	406	0.73 (0.53–1.00)	0.65 (0.46–0.92)	1.30 (0.91–1.86)
Additionally adjusted for margarine	17,989	460	0.68 (0.51–0.93)	0.65 (0.47–0.90)	1.31 (0.94–1.83)
Additionally adjusted for other vegetable fats and oils	17,989	460	0.69 (0.51–0.93)	0.66 (0.47–0.90)	1.30 (0.93–1.83)
Additionally adjusted for prevalent depression	17,989	460	0.69 (0.53–0.98)	0.66 (0.48–0.91)	1.30 (0.93–1.82)
Including only cancer deaths	17,756	227	0.70 (0.45–1.08)	0.66 (0.42–1.05)	1.13 (0.69–1.83)
Including only CVD deaths	17,615	86	0.55 (0.28–1.18)	1.12 (0.42–2.96)	1.30 (0.64–2.66)
Without excluding participants with chronic diseases *	19,069	621	0.77 (0.59–1.00)	0.72 (0.54–0.95)	1.31 (0.98–1.76)

Adjusted for age, sex, BMI (kg/m², linear and quadratic terms, continuous), marital status (dichotomous), years of university education (three categories), physical activity (continuous), total energy intake (five categories), cumulative smoking habit (packs–years, four categories), smoking status (three categories), alcohol intake (g/d), following a special diet (dichotomous), snacking (dichotomous), prevalent hypertension (dichotomous), and prevalent cholesterol (dichotomous). * Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or cancer. Abbreviations: PVG: provegetarian; hPVG: healthful provegetarian; uPVG: unhealthful provegetarian; CVD: cardiovascular diseases.