Table 3.
Cox proportional hazards models for dietary patterns and mortality (n=1017)
| Diet pattern | Deaths/N | Age/sex-adjusted HR (95% CI) |
Fully adjusted HR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediterranean | |||
| Lowest | 259/339 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Medium | 221/338 | 0.79 (0.66–0.94) | 0.81 (0.67–0.97) |
| Highest | 203/340 | 0.74 (0.61–0.89) | 0.82 (0.68–1.00) |
| P-trend | 0.003 | 0.044 | |
| Health aware | |||
| Lowest | 247/339 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Medium | 232/338 | 0.93 (0.78–1.12) | 1.04 (0.86–1.25) |
| Highest | 204/340 | 0.80 (0.66–0.97) | 0.93 (0.76–1.13) |
| P-trend | 0.069 | 0.532 | |
| Traditional | |||
| Lowest | 209/339 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Medium | 220/338 | 0.99 (0.82–1.20) | 0.94 (0.78–1.15) |
| Highest | 254/340 | 1.23 (1.02–1.50) | 1.15 (0.94–1.40) |
| P-trend | 0.037 | 0.143 | |
| Sweet and fat | |||
| Lowest | 217/338 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Medium | 231/340 | 0.96 (0.79–1.15) | 1.02 (0.84–1.24) |
| Highest | 235/339 | 0.78 (0.64–0.94) | 0.93 (0.75–1.15) |
| P-trend | 0.017 | 0.622 |
Fully adjusted model contains age, sex, education (≥GSE including O-level/A-level or none), self-rated health (very good, good, fair, poor/bad), smoking (current smoker or nonsmoker), physical activity (any moderate-vigorous or none), medication (any or none), body mass index, total energy intake (MJ/day), supplements, mutual adjustment for all diet patterns.