Table 2.
Relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (95 % CI) of diabetes by quintiles of meat consumption among 25 943 men in the ATBC Study, Finland, 1985-1997.
| Quintiles of meat consumption |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | P for Trend | |||||
| Total meat | ||||||||||
| Median, g/d | 79 | 111 | 139 | 174 | 244 | |||||
| Cases, n | 181 | 192 | 225 | 220 | 280 | |||||
| Age-adjusted RR (95 % CI)* | 1.00 | 1.03 | 0.83, 1.26 | 1.19 | 0.97, 1.46 | 1.15 | 0.94, 1.41 | 1.50 | 1.23, 1.82 | <0.001 |
| Multivariate RR (95 % CI)† | 1.00 | 1.05 | 0.85, 1.29 | 1.22 | 1.00, 1.50 | 1.19 | 0.96, 1.47 | 1.45 | 1.16, 1.81 | <0.001 |
| Multivariate RR (95 % CI)‡ | 1.00 | 1.06 | 0.85, 1.31 | 1.24 | 1.00, 1.53 | 1.22 | 0.98, 1.52 | 1.50 | 1.19, 1.89 | <0.001 |
| Red meat | ||||||||||
| Median, g/d | 33 | 47 | 60 | 76 | 106 | |||||
| Cases, n | 189 | 217 | 241 | 219 | 232 | |||||
| Age-adjusted RR (95 % CI)* | 1.00 | 1.12 | 0.92, 1.37 | 1.22 | 1.00, 1.48 | 1.08 | 0.89, 1.32 | 1.14 | 0.93, 1.39 | 0.33 |
| Multivariate RR (95 % CI)† | 1.00 | 1.23 | 1.00, 1.50 | 1.31 | 1.07, 1.59 | 1.16 | 0.94, 1.42 | 1.19 | 0.97, 1.47 | 0.23 |
| Multivariate RR (95 % CI)‡ | 1.00 | 1.24 | 1.01, 1.52 | 1.33 | 1.08, 1.63 | 1.18 | 0.95, 1.46 | 1.22 | 0.97, 1.53 | 0.21 |
| Beef | ||||||||||
| Median, g/d | 6 | 14 | 20 | 29 | 47 | |||||
| Cases, n | 189 | 221 | 222 | 217 | 249 | |||||
| Age-adjusted RR (95 % CI)* | 1.00 | 1.14 | 0.94, 1.39 | 1.12 | 0.92, 1.37 | 1.09 | 0.89, 1.33 | 1.23 | 1.01, 1.50 | 0.09 |
| Multivariate RR (95 % CI)† | 1.00 | 1.13 | 0.93, 1.38 | 1.19 | 0.97, 1.45 | 1.12 | 0.91, 1.36 | 1.23 | 1.01, 1.50 | 0.08 |
| Multivariate RR (95 % CI)‡ | 1.00 | 1.13 | 0.92, 1.37 | 1.19 | 0.98, 1.46 | 1.11 | 0.91, 1.37 | 1.22 | 0.99, 1.50 | 0.10 |
| Pork | ||||||||||
| Median, g/d | 19 | 29 | 37 | 47 | 66 | |||||
| Cases, n | 216 | 200 | 224 | 250 | 208 | |||||
| Age-adjusted RR (95 % CI)* | 1.00 | 0.89 | 0.74, 1.09 | 0.99 | 0.82, 1.20 | 1.10 | 0.91, 1.33 | 0.90 | 0.74, 1.09 | 0.99 |
| Multivariate RR (95 % CI)† | 1.00 | 0.94 | 0.77, 1.14 | 1.04 | 0.85, 1.26 | 1.14 | 0.94, 1.38 | 0.96 | 0.78, 1.18 | 0.57 |
| Multivariate RR (95 % CI)‡ | 1.00 | 0.94 | 0.77, 1.15 | 1.04 | 0.85, 1.27 | 1.15 | 0.95, 1.41 | 0.97 | 0.78, 1.20 | 0.50 |
| Processed meat | ||||||||||
| Median, g/d | 22 | 42 | 60 | 86 | 142 | |||||
| Cases, n | 176 | 186 | 236 | 243 | 257 | |||||
| Age-adjusted RR (95 % CI)* | 1.00 | 1.04 | 0.84, 1.28 | 1.32 | 1.08, 1.61 | 1.35 | 1.10, 1.64 | 1.46 | 1.20, 1.77 | <0.001 |
| Multivariate RR (95 % CI)† | 1.00 | 1.04 | 0.84, 1.29 | 1.26 | 1.03, 1.55 | 1.19 | 0.97, 1.46 | 1.35 | 1.09, 1.68 | <0.001 |
| Multivariate RR (95 % CI)‡ | 1.00 | 1.04 | 0.84, 1.29 | 1.26 | 1.03, 1.54 | 1.19 | 0.96, 1.46 | 1.37 | 1.11, 1.71 | <0.001 |
| Poultry | ||||||||||
| Median, g/d | 0 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 32 | |||||
| Cases, n | 366 | 174 | 179 | 165 | 214 | |||||
| Age-adjusted RR (95 % CI)* | 1.00 | 0.86 | 0.72, 1.04 | 1.05 | 0.88, 1.27 | 0.89 | 0.74, 1.07 | 1.15 | 0.96, 1.36 | 0.25 |
| Multivariate RR (95 % CI)† | 1.00 | 0.92 | 0.77, 1.11 | 1.00 | 0.83, 1.20 | 0.92 | 0.76, 1.11 | 1.04 | 0.87, 1.23 | 0.88 |
| Multivariate RR (95 % CI)‡ | 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.75, 1.09 | 0.98 | 0.82, 1.18 | 0.89 | 0.74, 1.08 | 1.01 | 0.85, 1.21 | 0.88 |
*
Adjusted for age and intervention group.
†
Adjusted further for body mass index, number of cigarettes smoked daily, smoking years, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, serum total cholesterol, serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, leisure-time physical activity, and intakes of alcohol and energy.
‡
Adjusted further for consumption of fruit, vegetables, rye, milk and coffee