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. 2014 Oct 20;4(10):e139. doi: 10.1038/nutd.2014.36

Table 2. Odds ratios of LADA in relation to intake of fatty fish, EPA and DHA from seafood and fish oil and vitamin D supplementation.

  Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
  Cases/controls OR 95% CI Cases/controls OR 95% CI Cases/controls OR 95% CI
Fatty fish
 <1 serving per week 46/388 1.0   43/362 1.0   43/362    
  1–2 servings per week 28/365 0.62 0.37–1.02 24/342 0.53 0.30–0.94 24/342 0.53 0.29–0.95
  >2 servings per week 15/254 0.49 0.26–0.90 14/244 0.49 0.25–0.96 14/244 0.48 0.24–0.99
  ⩾1 serving per week 43/619 0.56 0.36–0.88 38/586 0.51 0.31–0.85 38/586 0.51 0.30–0.87
                   
Total EPA+DHA from seafood
  <0.3 g per day 33/303 1.0   33/281 1.0   33/281    
  0.3–0.6 g per day 31/368 0.74 0.44–1.26 25/345 0.57 0.32–1.03 25/345 0.60 0.33–1.09
  >0.6 g per day 25/336 0.66 0.38–1.15 23/322 0.58 0.31–1.07 23/322 0.59 0.30–1.16
  ⩾0.3 g per day 56/704 0.70 0.44–1.12 48/667 0.57 0.34–0.96 48/667 0.60 0.35–1.03
                   
Fish oil supplementation
  Never 81/841 1.0   75/795 1.0   75/795 1.0  
  Ever 8/166 0.52 0.24–1.09 6/153 0.48 0.20–1.15 6/153 0.47 0.19–1.12
                   
Vitamin D supplementation
  Never 85/924 1.0   77/875 1.0   77/875 1.0  
  Ever 4/83 0.50 0.17–1.45 4/73 0.54 0.18–1.65 4/73 0.58 0.19–1.77
                   
Vitamin D or/and fish oil
  Never 78/800 1.0   72/757 1.0   72/757 1.0  
  Ever 11/207 0.53 0.27–1.02 9/191 0.48 0.23–1.02 9/191 0.49 0.23–1.03

Abbreviations; CI, confidence intervals; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; LADA latent autoimmune diabetes in adults; OR, Odds ratios.

Model 1. Adjusted for age and gender

Model 2. Adjusted for age, gender, BMI, smoking, education, physical activity, family history of diabetes and alcohol intake

Model 3. Adjusted for age, gender, BMI, smoking, education, physical activity, family history of diabetes, and intake of alcohol, fruit and vegetables and, red meat.