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. 2014 Mar 31;68(9):856–862. doi: 10.1136/jech-2013-203500

Table 2.

Association between portions of fruit and vegetables consumed and risk of death from any cause

Model Portions of fruit and vegetables consumed in the previous day HRs (95% CI)
0<1* 1<3 3<5 5<7 7+
Model 1† 1 0.84 (0.77 to 0.92) 0.71 (0.65 to 0.77) 0.63 (0.56 to 0.70) 0.60 (0.52 to 0.69)
Model 2‡ 1 0.88 (0.80 to 0.95) 0.76 (0.69 to 0.83) 0.70 (0.63 to 0.79) 0.67 (0.58 to 0.78)
Model 2 excluding deaths within a year (n=84 894; D=3753)§ 1 0.86 (0.79 to 0.95) 0.71 (0.63 to 0.81) 0.64 (0.53 to 0.76) 0.58 (0.46 to 0.71)
Model 2, never-smokers only (n=43 973; D=1530)§ 1 0.94 (0.80 to 1.10) 0.76 (0.64 to 0.90) 0.72 (0.60 to 0.88) 0.77 (0.61 to 0.97)
Model 2, physical activity years only (n=42 857; D=2269)§ 1 0.83 (0.74 to 0.94) 0.68 (0.58 to 0.80) 0.61 (0.48 to 0.76) 0.55 (0.41 to 0.73)
Model 2, overweight and obese only (n=38 262; D=2143)§ 1 0.86 (0.76 to 0.98) 0.73 (0.64 to 0.84) 0.63 (0.54 to 0.74) 0.63 (0.52 to 0.77)
Model 2, normal weight only (n=15 970; D=968)§ 1 0.93 (0.77 to 1.11) 0.77 (0.63 to 0.93) 0.70 (0.55 to 0.89) 0.52 (0.37 to 0.72)

*Reference category.

†Model 1: Adjusted for sex, age-group, cigarette smoking and social class.

‡Model 2: Adjusted for sex, age-group, cigarette smoking, social class, BMI, education, physical activity and alcohol intake.

§(n) Number of study participants; (D) Number of deaths.