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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 2.

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

Changes in frequency of caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee consumption
CAFFEINATED 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 3515 2141 17118 2191 2794
Cases/Person-years 260/50252 141/30340 1005/246171 138/31963 160/40959
Multivariable adjusted 1b 1.29 (1.09, 1.54) 1.05 (0.85, 1.30) 1.00 1.05 (0.86, 1.26) 0.97 (0.81, 1.16) 0.93 (0.89, 0.98)
Multivariable adjusted 2c 1.28 (1.08, 1.53) 1.01 (0.82, 1.26) 1.00 1.02 (0.84, 1.23) 0.91 (0.76, 1.10) 0.92 (0.88, 0.97)

NHS
n 7600 3394 28872 2901 4596
Cases/Person, years 512/112119 276/49568 2190/443893 261/43205 243/68931
Multivariable adjusted 1b 1.18 (1.05, 1.33) 1.02 (0.88, 1.18) 1.00 1.17 (1.02, 1.34) 0.81 (0.70, 0.93) 0.94 (0.91, 0.98)
Multivariable adjusted 2c 1.18 (1.04, 1.33) 0.99 (0.85, 1.14) 1.00 1.14 (1.00, 1.31) 0.81 (0.70, 0.93) 0.95 (0.91, 0.98)

NHS II
n 6421 3196 29873 3425 4595
Cases/Person, years 243/72453 180/35709 1342/344074 155/39889 163/53795
Multivariable adjusted 1b 1.21 (1.02, 1.44) 1.02 (0.84, 1.23) 1.00 1.01 (0.85, 1.21) 0.91 (0.76, 1.09) 0.95 (0.91, 1.00)
Multivariable adjusted 2c 1.15 (0.97, 1.38) 0.97 (0.80, 1.18) 1.00 1.01 (0.84, 1.20) 0.93 (0.78, 1.11) 0.97 (0.92, 1.02)

Pooledd
Multivariable adjusted 1b 1.21 (1.11, 1.32) 1.02 (0.92, 1.14) 1.00 1.09 (0.99, 1.20) 0.88 (0.79, 0.98) 0.94 (0.92, 0.97)
Multivariable adjusted 2c 1.20 (1.10, 1.30) 0.99 (0.89, 1.09) 1.00 1.07 (0.97, 1.18) 0.87 (0.79, 0.95) 0.95 (0.92, 0.97)

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

HPFS
n 1925 2794 19307 2282 1451
Cases/Person-years 129/27687 150/40236 1193/277172 138/33328 94/21261
Multivariable adjusted 1b 1.16 (0.93, 1.45) 0.99 (0.80, 1.22) 1.00 0.91 (0.76, 1.09) 0.97 (0.78, 1.21) 0.96 (0.90, 1.03)
Multivariable adjusted 2c 1.12 (0.90, 1.40) 1.01 (0.82, 1.25) 1.00 0.95 (0.79, 1.15) 0.96 (0.77, 1.21) 0.96 (0.90, 1.03)

NHS
n 4360 5020 32313 3730 3042
Cases/Person-years 272/64830 345/74308 2420/477442 254/55573 191/45563
Multivariable adjusted 1b 0.98 (0.84, 1.13) 1.04 (0.91, 1.19) 1.00 0.90 (0.79, 1.03) 0.93 (0.80, 1.09) 0.95 (0.91, 0.99)
Multivariable adjusted 2c 0.96 (0.82, 1.11) 1.02 (0.90, 1.17) 1.00 0.94 (0.82, 1.07) 0.95 (0.82, 1.11) 0.97 (0.92, 1.01)

NHS II
n 2134 4721 35296 3642 1717
Cases/Person-years 63/24596 180/54079 1666/404713 121/42485 53/20048
Multivariable adjusted 1b 1.25 (0.85, 1.85) 0.93 (0.79, 1.10) 1.00 0.71 (0.59, 0.86) 0.75 (0.56, 0.99) 0.89 (0.81, 0.97)
Multivariable adjusted 2c 1.19 (0.81, 1.76) 0.98 (0.82, 1.15) 1.00 0.78 (0.65, 0.95) 0.88 (0.67, 1.17) 0.94 (0.86, 1.03)

Pooledd
Multivariable adjusted 1b 1.07 (0.92, 1.23) 0.99 (0.91, 1.09) 1.00 0.84 (0.72, 0.98) 0.90 (0.80, 1.02) 0.94 (0.91, 0.98)
Multivariable adjusted 2c 1.02 (0.91, 1.15) 1.01 (0.92, 1.10) 1.00 0.90 (0.80, 1.00) 0.94 (0.84, 1.06) 0.96 (0.93, 1.00)
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 (quintiles or tertiles; beverages include sugar-sweetened beverages, artificially sweetened beverages, punch, milk, tea, caffeinated coffee/decaffeinated coffee 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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