Table 9.

Significant associations between red and processed meat consumption in 1989 and 1999 and BMI and waist circumference of men and women measured in 1999

	Men n=517		Women n=635
BMI at age 53 years	Beta (SE)	p	Beta (SE)	p
Red meat 1989 at age 43 years	0.008 (0.005)	NS	0.009 (0.006)	NS
Processed meat 1989 at age 43 years	0.015 (0.006)	0.009a	0.004 (0.008)	NS
Combined meat 1989 at age 43 years	0.013 (0.003)	<0.001	0.013 (0.005)	0.008b
Red meat 1999 at age 53 years	0.008 (0.005)	NS	0.015 (0.007)	0.035b
Processed meat 1999 at age 53 years	0.007 (0.007)	NS	0.027 (0.011)	0.018b
Combined meat 1999 at age 53 years	0.006 (0.004)	NS	0.018 (0.006)	0.002a

Waist circumference at age 53 years	Beta (SE)	p	Beta (SE)	p
Red meat 1989 at age 43 years	0.027 (0.015)	0.045c	0.033 (0.015)	0.033
Processed meat 1989 at age 43 years	0.031 (0.016)	0.037c	0.042 (0.02)	0.047
Combined meat 1989 at age 43 years	0.034 (0.009)	<0.001	0.035 (0.012)	0.003
Red meat 1999 at age 53 years	0.029 (0.015)	0.049	0.024 (0.018)	NS
Processed meat 1999 at age 53 years	0.034 (0.02)	NS	0.068 (0.027)	0.012
Combined meat 1999 at age 53 years	0.022 (0.01)	0.03b	0.037 (0.013)	0.006

All adjusted for socio-economic status, region of residence, smoking and alcohol consumption in 1999. Meat consumption in 1989 adjusted for energy intake in 1989; meat consumption in 1999 adjusted for energy intake in 1999.

^aModel included alcohol consumption p<0.05, smoking p<0.05

^bModel included alcohol consumption p<0.05.

^cModel included alcohol consumption p<0.005, region p<0.05.

No superscript = No other significant variables in model