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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 20.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cardiol. 2012 May 4;167(4):1495–1501. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.04.041

Table 3.

Hazard Ratios for Disease of the Circulatory System in relation to Diet Patterns

HR (95% CI) by quartile of diet pattern
HR (95% CI) in relation to
one SD diet pattern score
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 p for
trend2
HR (95% CI) p-value
Balanced diet pattern
Disease of the circulatory system
  Deaths, n/person-years 45/18335 55/18472 45/18779 46/19331 185/73073
  Model 1* 1.0 1.30 (0.88-1.94) 0.96 (0.64-1.46) 0.87 (0.56-1.32) 0.26 0.85 (0.72-1.00) 0.05
  Model 21 1.0 1.28 (0.86-1.91) 0.96 (0.63-1.46) 0.86 (0.57-1.30) 0.24 0.86 (0.73-1.01) 0.07
Heart disease
  Deaths, n/person-years 25/18335 25/18472 28/18779 23/19331 96/73073
  Model 1* 1.0 1.02 (0.58-1.79) 1.07 (0.62-1.85) 0.80 (0.45-1.42) 0.51 0.85 (0.67-1.06) 0.15
  Model 21 1.0 1.01 (0.57-1.80) 1.06 (0.61-1.85) 0.79 (0.44-1.40) 0.47 0.86 (0.69-1.08) 0.19
Cerebrovascular disease
  Deaths, n/person-years 17/18335 29/18472 15/18779 22/19331 82/73073
  Model 1* 1.0 1.95 (1.07-3.56) 0.87 (0.44-1.75) 1.08 (0.57-2.04) 0.51 0.89 (0.71-1.13) 0.34
  Model 21 1.0 1.88 (1.03-3.46) 0.87 (0.43-1.75) 1.05 (0.56-1.99) 0.49 0.89 (0.70-1.13) 0.32
Animal protein pattern
Disease of the circulatory system
  Deaths, n/person-years 28/18700 40/18625 48/18727 75/18865 185/73073
  Model 1* 1.0 1.08 (0.66-1.77) 1.10 (0.68-1.77) 1.25 (0.80-1.97) 0.29 1.16 (1.03-1.31) 0.0146
  Model 21 1.0 1.07 (0.65-1.76) 1.11 (0.69-1.81) 1.20 (0.75-1.91) 0.41 1.13 (1.00-1.28) 0.05
Heart disease
  Deaths, n/person-years 11/18700 20/18625 26/18727 44/18865 96/73073
  Model 1* 1.0 1.43 (0.68-3.01) 1.65 (0.81-3.38) 2.11(0.81-4.17) 0.02 1.24 (1.06-1.46) 0.0068
  Model 21 1.0 1.38 (0.63-3.04) 1.76 (0.84-3.71) 1.94 (0.95-4.00) 0.05 1.17 (0.99-1.38) 0.07
Cerebrovascular disease
  Deaths, n/person-years 17/18700 18/18625 20/18727 28/18865 82/73073
  Model 1* 1.0 0.77 (0.40-1.51) 0.70 (0.36-1.36) 0.71 (0.38-1.33) 0.32 1.06 (0.88-1.28) 0.55
  Model 21 1.0 0.80 (0.41-1.56) 0.69 (0.36-1.36) 0.74 (0.39-1.41) 0.38 1.08 (0.89-1.31) 0.46
Gourd and Root Vegetable Diet Pattern
Disease of the circulatory system
  Deaths, n/person-years 46/18732 52/18513 49/18765 44/18906 185/73073
  Model 1* 1.0 1.06 (0.71-1.58) 1.04 (0.70-1.56) 1.02 (0.68-1.55) 0.94 1.02 (0.89-1.18) 0.77
  Model 21 1.0 1.05 (0.70-1.58) 1.06 (0.70-1.59) 1.04 (0.69-1.59) 0.84 1.03 (0.89-1.18) 0.70
Heart disease
  Deaths, n/person-years 22/18732 33/18513 23/18765 23/18906 96/73073
  Model 1* 1.0 1.42 (0.82-2.45) 1.04 (0.58-1.86) 1.13 (0.63-2.02) 0.99 1.09 (0.91-0.32) 0.35
  Model 21 1.0 1.40 (0.80-2.44) 1.09 (0.50-1.98) 1.17 (0.64-1.98) 0.86 1.10 (0.92-1.33) 0.30
Cerebrovascular disease
  Deaths, n/person-years 22/18732 17/18513 24/18765 20/18906 82/73073
  Model 1* 1.0 0.74 (0.39-1.39) 1.06 (0.59-1.90) 0.97 (0.53-1.79) 0.78 0.94 (0.75-1.18) 0.62
  Model 21 1.0 0.75 (0.39-1.41) 1.03 (0.57-1.86) 0.99 (0.54-1.86) 0.79 0.95 (0.76-1.19) 0.65
*

HRs were adjusted for age, gender, energy intake.

1

HRs were adjusted for age, gender, energy intake, body mass index, and smoking status.

2

P-value for trend was estimated using quartile value of dietary pattern as a continuous variable in the model.