TABLE 2.
Type 2 diabetes according to egg consumption
| No. of events |
Incidence rate |
Hazard ratio (95% CI) 1 |
Hazard ratio (95% CI) 2 |
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| Egg intake | Men (n = 1669) | Women (n = 2229) | Men (n = 1669) | Women (n = 2229) | Men (n = 1669) | Women (n = 2229) | Men (n = 1669) | Women (n = 2229) |
| Never | 13 | 31 | 6.53 | 7.82 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| <1/mo | 15 | 24 | 7.34 | 6.54 | 1.05 (0.50, 2.21) | 0.82 (0.48, 1.40) | 0.95 (0.45, 2.01) | 0.77 (0.43, 1.38) |
| 1–3/mo | 46 | 64 | 8.55 | 6.19 | 1.28 (0.69, 2.37) | 0.79 (0.51, 1.21) | 1.14 (0.60, 2.15) | 0.73 (0.47, 1.14) |
| 1–4/wk | 54 | 48 | 7.83 | 5.78 | 1.15 (0.63, 2.10) | 0.73 (0.47, 1.15) | 0.96 (0.50, 1.82) | 0.76 (0.47, 1.23) |
| Almost daily | 14 | 4 | 15.53 | 6.92 | 2.45 (1.15, 5.22) | 0.78 (0.27, 2.20) | 1.81 (0.77, 4.22) | 0.38 (0.10, 1.37) |
| P for trend | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.57 | 0.16 |
1
Adjusted for age and race by using Cox proportional hazards regression.
2
Adjusted for age, race (black or nonblack), BMI, smoking status (former, never, or current), alcohol consumption (never, former, <7 drinks/wk, or ≥7 drinks/wk), physical activity (in kcal), cereal-fiber intake (energy-adjusted quintiles), and field center by using Cox proportional hazards regression.