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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetologia. 2014 Apr 26;57(7):1346–1354. doi: 10.1007/s00125-014-3235-7

Table 1.

HRs and 95% CIs for incident type 2 diabetes according to updated 4-year changes in coffee and tea intake

Changes in frequency of coffee and tea consumption
COFFEE
Moderate to large decrease (>1 cup/day) Small to moderate decrease (1 cup/week-1 cup/day) No change (±1 cup/week)a Small to moderate increase (1 cup/week-1 cup/day) Moderate to large increase (>1 cup/day) HR per 1 serving
HPFS
n 4318 3451 13833 3050 3107
Cases/Person-years 317/61343 199/49540 818/198710 182/44571 188/45520
Multivariable adjusted 1b 1.22 (1.05, 1.43) 0.88 (0.75, 1.04) 1.00 0.92 (0.78, 1.09) 0.97 (0.82, 1.14) 0.94 (0.90, 0.99)
Multivariable adjusted 2c 1.22 (1.05, 1.42) 0.91 (0.77, 1.07) 1.00 0.92 (0.78, 1.10) 0.93 (0.79, 1.10) 0.94 (0.89, 0.98)

NHS
n 9372 6343 23224 4545 4980
Cases/Person-years 654/137935 449/93692 1745/343597 343/67890 291/74601
Multivariable adjusted 1b 1.17 (1.06, 1.30) 0.98 (0.88, 1.09 1.00 1.04 (0.92, 1.16) 0.84 (0.74, 0.96) 0.94 (0.91, 0.97)
Multivariable adjusted 2c 1.17 (1.05, 1.29) 0.99 (0.89, 1.11) 1.00 1.05 (0.94, 1.18) 0.86 (0.76, 0.98) 0.95 (0.92, 0.98)

NHS II
n 7132 5214 25536 4786 4841
Cases/Person-years 278/80074 236/59562 1201/293809 195/55872 173/56604
Multivariable adjusted 1b 1.16 (0.99, 1.36) 0.96 (0.82, 1.13) 1.00 0.86 (0.73, 1.01) 0.86 (0.73, 1.02) 0.94 (0.90, 0.99)
Multivariable adjusted 2c 1.10 (0.94, 1.30) 0.94 (0.80, 1.11) 1.00 0.90 (0.76, 1.06) 0.90 (0.76, 1.07) 0.97 (0.92, 1.01)

Pooledd
Multivariable adjusted 1b 1.18 (1.10, 1.28) 0.95 (0.88, 1.03) 1.00 0.95 (0.84, 1.06) 0.88 (0.81, 0.96) 0.94 (0.92, 0.96)
Multivariable adjusted 2c 1.17 (1.08, 1.26) 0.96 (0.89, 1.04) 1.00 0.97 (0.87, 1.08) 0.89 (0.82, 0.97) 0.95 (0.93, 0.97)

TEA
Moderate to large decrease (>1 cup/day) Small to moderate decrease (1 cup/week-1 cup/day) No change (±1 cup/week)a Small to moderate increase (1 cup/week-1 cup/day) Moderate to large increase (>1 cup/day) HR per 1 serving

HPFS
n 1375 3510 18735 3016 1123
Cases/Person-years 84/19634 229/50421 1125/269457 187/43859 79/16313
Multivariable adjusted 1b 1.00 (0.78, 1.30) 1.10 (0.91, 1.33) 1.00 1.03 (0.88, 1.21) 1.20 (0.94, 1.53) 1.02 (0.95, 1.10)
Multivariable adjusted 2c 0.94 (0.73, 1.22) 1.10 (0.91, 1.32) 1.00 1.03 (0.88, 1.21) 1.15 (0.90, 1.46) 1.02 (0.95, 1.10)

NHS
n 3467 7159 29011 5991 2836
Cases/Person-years 256/51164 548/105883 2076/429649 395/88888 207/42131
Multivariable adjusted 1b 1.06 (0.90, 1.25) 1.04 (0.92, 1.17) 1.00 0.90 (0.81, 1.01) 1.06 (0.91, 1.23) 0.98 (0.94, 1.02)
Multivariable adjusted 2c 1.02 (0.87, 1.20) 1.00 (0.89, 1.12) 1.00 0.90 (0.80, 1.00) 1.01 (0.87, 1.18) 0.98 (0.94, 1.02)

NHS II
n 4530 8953 23211 7440 3376
Cases/Person-years 223/51672 432/102393 957/266493 325/86328 146/39034
Multivariable adjusted 1b 1.18 (0.96, 1.44) 1.19 (1.03, 1.37) 1.00 1.05 (0.92, 1.20) 0.95 (0.79, 1.15) 0.96 (0.91, 1.00)
Multivariable adjusted 2c 1.12 (0.92, 1.37) 1.18 (1.02, 1.36) 1.00 1.05 (0.92, 1.20) 0.94 (0.78, 1.13) 0.96 (0.92, 1.00)

Pooledd
Multivariable adjusted 1b 1.08 (0.97, 1.22) 1.10 (1.01, 1.19) 1.00 0.98 (0.89, 1.09) 1.05 (0.94, 1.17) 0.98 (0.95, 1.01)
Multivariable adjusted 2c 1.03 (0.92, 1.16) 1.08 (0.97, 1.20) 1.00 0.98 (0.88, 1.09) 1.01 (0.91, 1.12) 0.98 (0.95, 1.01)
a

Reference category

b

Adjusted for age, family history of diabetes (yes/no), race (white/non-white), postmenopausal hormone use (premenopausal, postmenopausal current user, postmenopausal never/past user, missing), physical exam in the previous cycle (yes/no), change in smoking status (never to never, never to current, current to current, current to past, past to current, past to past) baseline alcohol intake (0, 0.1-4.9, 5-9.9, 10-14.9, ≥15 g/d), change in alcohol intake (quintiles), baseline physical activity (<3, 3-8.9, 9-17.9, 18-26.9, ≥27 METS/week), change in physical activity (quintiles), history of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia (yes/no), baseline and 4-year changes in beverage intake (quantiles; beverages include sugar-sweetened beverages, artificially sweetened beverages, punch, milk, coffee/tea depending on the model), baseline alternate healthy eating index score, and change in alternate healthy eating index score.

c

Multivariable model 1 + baseline BMI (<21, 21-22.9, 23-24.9, 25-26.9, 27-29.9, 30-34.9, 35-39.9, ≥40 kg/m2) and change in body weight (quintiles).

d

The results across the 3 cohorts were pooled using an inverse variance-weighted, random-effects meta-analysis.

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