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Published in final edited form as: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2010 Aug 2;21(12):941–946. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2010.03.009

Table 3.

Hazard ratio (95% CI) of heart failure with/without antecedent myocardial infarction according to tertiles of red meat intake

	Heart failure with antecedent myocardial infarction		Heart failure without prior myocardial infarction

Quintile of red meat intake	Cases	Hazard Ratio (95% CI)^*	Cases	Hazard Ratio (95% CI) ^†
Q1 (low)	51	1.0	301	1.0
Q2	62	1.30 (0.89 – 1.88)	314	1.05 (0.90 – 1.23)
Q3 (high)	79	1.47 (1.03 – 2.10)	397	1.17 (1.01 – 1.36)
P for linear trend		0.035		0.038

Adjusted for age (continuous);

^†

Adjusted for age, aspirin assignment, smoking, (never, past, current), alcohol consumption (<1, 1–4, 5–7, >7 drinks/week), cereal consumption (none, ≤ 1, 2–6, 7+/week), exercise (none, ≤ 1, 2–4, 5+/week), body mass index (< 25.0, 25.0–29.9, 30+ kg/m²), parental history of MI prior to age 60 y, and prevalence of diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, atrial fibrillation, and hypertension at the time of red meat assessment.