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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 31.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2010 Aug 16;122(9):876–883. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.915165

Table 3. Relative Risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals for coronary heart disease according to fifths of intake of Individual types of red meat, poultry, and fish.

Fifths
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th P for
trend		 RR for 1
serving/day
Chicken w/o skin
Median
servings/day		 0.00 0.07 0.14 0.24 0.43
Multivariable * 1.00 0.99
(0.88,1.11)		 1.11
(1.00,1.23)		 0.81
(0.71,0.93)		 1.02
(0.90,1.14)		 0.64 0.97
(0.79, 1.19)
Chicken w/ skin
Median
servings/day		 0.00 0.04 0.07 0.14 0.31
Multivariable * 1.00 0.89
(0.78,1.03)		 0.93
(0.84,1.03)		 1.02
(0.92,1.13)		 0.91
(0.82,1.02)		 0.31 0.94
(0.72, 1.23)
Bacon
Median
servings/day		 0.00 0.04 0.07 0.14 0.33
Multivariable * 1.00 0.80
(0.70,0.91)		 1.05
(0.95,1.17)		 1.04
(0.94,1.16)		 1.03
(0.91,1.15)		 0.17 1.41
(1.12, 1.76)
Beef hot dog
Median
servings/day		 0.00 0.04 0.07 0.11 0.14
Multivariable * 1.00 0.86
(0.76,0.97)		 1.14
(1.03,1.26)		 0.88
(0.77,1.01)		 1.11
(0.99,1.23)		 0.07 1.35
(0.94, 1.93)
Beef, mixed dish
Median
servings/day		 0.07 0.11 0.14 0.24 0.43
Multivariable * 1.00 0.80
(0.70,0.91)		 1.13
(1.02,1.25)		 0.80
(0.71,0.90)		 1.09
(0.98,1.22)		 0.22 1.23
(1.01, 1.49)
Beef, main dish
Median
servings/day		 0.07 0.14 0.29 0.43 0.70
Multivariable * 1.00 1.18
(1.05,1.33)		 0.90
(0.79,1.03)		 1.14
(1.00,1.30)		 1.10
(0.96,1.27)		 0.70 1.08
(0.92, 1.27)
Hamburger
Median
servings/day		 0.07 0.11 0.14 0.21 0.43
Multivariable * 1.00 0.83
(0.73,0.94)		 1.14
(1.03,1.27)		 0.86
(0.75,0.99)		 1.09
(0.98,1.23)		 0.11 1.42
(1.10, 1.84)
Processed meat
Median
servings/day		 0.00 0.04 0.07 0.14 0.43
Multivariable * 1.00 0.89
(0.79,1.01)		 0.98
(0.88,1.08)		 0.98
(0.88,1.10)		 1.05
(0.93,1.17)		 0.11 1.20
(1.03, 1.40)
Canned tuna
Median
servings/day		 0.02 0.07 0.11 0.14 0.33
Multivariable * 1.00 1.07
(0.91,1.25)		 0.89
(0.74,1.06)		 1.13
(0.96,1.33)		 0.97
(0.82,1.15)		 0.64 1.05
(0.72, 1.54)
Dark fish
Median
servings/day		 0.00 0.07
Multivariable * 1.00 0.92
(0.82,1.02)		 0.13 0.96
(0.37, 2.52)
Light fish
Median
servings/day		 0.00 0.04 0.07 0.14 0.29
Multivariable * 1.00 0.95
(0.78,1.16)		 1.05
(0.90,1.23)		 1.15
(0.98,1.34)		 0.91
(0.75,1.11)		 0.74 0.88
(0.52, 1.49)
*

Multivariable model includes: age (months), time period (13 periods), total energy (fifths of Kcal), cereal fiber (fifths of g/day), alcohol (fifths of g/day), trans-fat (fifths of g/day), body mass index (10 categories), cigarette smoking (never, past, current 1-14 cig/day, current 14-25 cig/day, current 25+ cig/day), menopausal status (pre-menopausal, postmenopausal with no history of hormone replacement, postmenopausal with history of hormone replacement, postmenopausal with current hormone replacement), parental history of early myocardial infarction (before age 65 for mother or age 55 for father), multivitamin use (fifths of yrs), vitamin E supplement use (yes/no), aspirin use at least once per week (yes/no), physical exercise (<3, 3-9, 9-18, 18-27, 27+ metabolic equivalents/week).