Table 5.

Index-specific Multivariate Hazard Ratios^a for Fatal Prostate Cancer for Components of the Diet Quality Indices, National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study, 1995–2006

	Diet Quality Index
	HEI-2005		aMED		AHEI-2010
	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI
Grains
Total grains	0.98	0.86, 1.11
Whole grains	1.01	0.92, 1.11	1.04	0.85, 1.26	1.01	0.96, 1.05
Vegetables
Total vegetables	1.06	0.94, 1.20	1.04	0.85, 1.27	1.02	0.97, 1.07
Dark green, orange vegetables and legumes	0.98	0.90, 1.07
Fruit
Total fruit	1.04	0.93, 1.16	1.10	0.90, 1.35	1.01	0.98, 1.05
Whole fruit	0.95	0.86, 1.05
Milk	0.98	0.95, 1.02
Meat, fish, legumes, and nuts	0.99	0.93, 1.06
Red and processed meat			0.82	0.67, 1.00	0.97	0.92, 1.01
Fish			0.79	0.65, 0.96
Legumes			1.26	1.03, 1.53
Nuts			0.88	0.73, 1.07
Nuts, soy and legumes					0.99	0.96, 1.03
Oils	0.97	0.93, 1.01
Monounsaturated to saturated fat ratio			0.84	0.69, 1.03
Polyunsaturated fats					0.99	0.93, 1.06
ω-3 fatty acids					0.94	0.90, 0.98
Fats
Saturated fats	0.97	0.93, 1.00
Trans fats					1.01	0.95, 1.06
Sodium	1.02	0.96, 1.09			1.02	0.95, 1.09
Calories from Solid Fat, Alcohol and Added sugar	1.02	0.99, 1.04
Sugar-sweetened Beverages					0.99	0.96, 1.02
Alcohol			0.92	0.74, 1.15	1.01	0.99, 1.03

Abbreviations: AHEI-2010, Alternate Healthy Eating Index-2010; aMED, alternate Mediterranean diet score; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; HEI-2005, Healthy Eating Index-2005.

^a Hazard ratios are adjusted for age, ethnicity, educational level, body mass index, smoking, physical activity, family history of prostate cancer, diabetes, energy, history prostate-specific antigen screening, and all other components in the specific index.