Table 3. HRs (95% CIs) of incident diabetes according to baseline categories of the Diabetes Dietary Score in the SUN cohort, 1999–2014 1 .
| Diabetes Dietary Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (11–24) | Intermediate (25–39) | High (40–60) | p | |
| N | 1180 | 12076 | 3893 | |
| n of incident diabetes | 10 | 99 | 34 | |
| Persons-year of follow-up | 11793 | 113284 | 34490 | |
| Age-adjusted diabetes incidence (x 10−3) | 0.85 (0.41, 1.56) | 0.45 (0.23, 0.86) | 0.32 (0.16, 0.67) | |
| Crude HR* | 1 (ref) | 0.47 (0.24, 0.93) | 0.32 (0.15, 0.66) | 0.006 |
| Age-, year of recruitment and sex-adjusted HR | 1 (ref) | 0.46 (0.23, 0.91) | 0.30 (0.15, 0.64) | 0.004 |
| Multivariate-adjusted HR 1 | 1 (ref) | 0.43 (0.21, 0.89) | 0.32 (0.14, 0.69) | 0.019 |
* Age as the underlying time variable.
1 Adjusted for sex, total energy intake, following a special diet, snacking between meals, BMI, physical activity, hours of television watching, hours sitting down, smoking, marital status, personal history of hypertension, and family history of diabetes (parents and/or siblings).