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. 2013 Sep 20;11:208. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-208

Table 2.

Risk of incident depression in each randomized group

 
Nutritional intervention
  Control diet MD-EVOO MD-nuts
Cases
77
88
59
Person-years
6,096
7,715
6,803
Model 1a
 
 
 
  HR (95% CI)
1 (ref)
0.85 (0.62 to 1.15)
0.73 (0.52-1.03)
  HR (95% CI)b
1 (ref)
0.80 (0.60 to 1.05)
Model 2c
 
 
 
  HR (95% CI)
1 (ref)
0.91 (0.67 to 1.24)
0.78 (0.55-1.10)
  HR (95% CI)b 1 (ref) 0.85 (0.64 to 1.13)c

Abbreviations: HR hazard ratio, MD Mediterranean diet, ref reference group, EVOO extra virgin olive oil.

aModel 1: adjusted for age, sex, and recruiting center.

bCombined MD.

cModel 2: model 1 additionally adjusted for body mass index, smoking, physical activity during leisure time, educational level, marital status, alcohol and total energy intake, and presence of any of several diseases at baseline (cancer, diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, fractures, Parkinson disease and chronic bronchitis).