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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2015 Oct;21(10):2311–2319. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000501

Table 2.

High School Diet and Risk of Crohn’s disease

Quartile 1 Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Quartile 4 P(trend)
Dietary patterns
Prudent pattern
Cases / P-y 24/192,825 19/194,344 15/193,326 12/182,734
HR (95% CI) 1.0 0.80 (0.43 – 1.47) 0.59 (0.30 – 1.14) 0.47 (0.23 – 0.98) 0.04
Western pattern
Cases / P-y 23/195,674 16/195,872 19/195,870 12/175,813
HR (95% CI) 1.0 0.68 (0.36 – 1.30) 0.78 (0.42 – 1.45) 0.51 (0.25 – 1.05) 0.10
Macronutrients
Total Fiber 1.0 0.83 (0.45 – 1.53) 0.54 (0.27 – 1.09) 0.55 (0.27 – 1.12) 0.06
Total Carbohydrate 1.0 0.85 (0.46 – 1.58) 0.54 (0.27 – 1.11) 0.77 (0.40 – 1.48) 0.11
Total fat 1.0 1.09 (0.55 – 2.16) 0.95 (0.46 – 1.94) 1.37 (0.69 – 2.70) 0.43
Animal Fat 1.0 0.83 (0.38 – 1.78) 1.45 (0.71 – 2.96) 1.70 (0.82 – 3.54) 0.07
Total protein 1.0 0.97 (0.47 – 2.00) 1.58 (0.83 – 3.01) 0.95 (0.46 – 1.97) 0.78
Animal protein 1.0 2.07 (0.98 – 4.40) 1.84 (0.86 – 3.95) 1.69 (0.77 – 3.70) 0.32
Micronutrients and food groups
Vegetables 1.0 0.59 (0.30 – 1.14) 0.83 (0.45 – 1.52) 0.50 (0.25 – 1.03) 0.11
Fruits 1.0 0.78 (0.41 – 1.47) 0.81 (0.42 – 1.55) 0.65 (0.32 – 1.32) 0.28
Total iron 1.0 1.16 (0.62 – 2.16) 0.63 (0.31 – 1.31) 0.70 (0.33 – 1.47) 0.19
Heme iron 1.0 1.10 (0.53 – 2.28) 1.03 (0.49 – 2.19) 1.62 (0.81 – 3.23) 0.14
PUFA 1.0 1.02 (0.52 – 1.99) 0.98 (0.49 – 1.93) 0.98 (0.50 – 1.92) 0.92
< 10g/day 10–20g/day 20–30g/day > 30g/day
Fish 1.0 0.94 (0.51 – 1.74) 0.73 (0.37 – 1.45) 0.43 (0.21 – 0.90) 0.01

PUFA – polyunsaturated fatty acids

Multivariable-adjusted for smoking, oral contraceptive use, menopausal status and post-menopausal hormone use, body mass index, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, physical activity, and adult dietary fiber and vitamin D intake.