Table 3.

Hazard ratios (HRs) for mortality by Mediterranean diet (MeDi) score either in continuous or in tertile form.

Model	All	Dead	MeDi continuous HR (95%CI)	p		MeDi tertiles HR (95%CI)	p for trend
1	192	85	0.79 (0.69–0.91)	0.001	Low	1 (ref.)	0.008
					Middle	0.71 (0.45–1.12)
					High	0.33 (0.13–0.83)
2	172	70	0.76 (0.65–0.89)	0.001	Low	1 (ref.)	0.003
					Middle	0.65 (0.38–1.09)
					High	0.27 (0.10–0.69)

Model 1 is unadjusted. Model 2 is adjusted for period of recruitment, age, gender, ethnicity, education, APOE genotype, caloric intake, smoking, and body mass index.