Table 4.

Cox Proportional Hazards Model with All-cause and Cause-specific Deaths as the Nutrient Intakes.

All-cause deaths (n=337)
Vaiables	β	SE	HR (95% CI)							p value
Sex (men=0, women=1)	-0.837	0.140	0.433	(	0.329	-	0.569	)		<0.0001
Age (years)	0.116	0.007	1.123	(	1.108	-	1.139	)		<0.0001
Energy (kcal/day)	0.000	0.000	1.000	(	0.999	-	1.000	)		0.402
Animal protein (g/day)	-0.009	0.011	0.991	(	0.971	-	1.012	)		0.422
Vegetable protein (g/day)	0.016	0.009	1.016	(	0.999	-	1.034	)		0.066
Animal protein/vegetable protein	0.481	0.342	1.617	(	0.828	-	3.159	)		0.159
Animal fat (g/day)	-0.005	0.013	0.995	(	0.969	-	1.021	)		0.699
Vegetable fat (g/day)	0.020	0.013	1.020	(	0.994	-	1.047	)		0.135
Animal fat/ vegetable fat	0.273	0.253	1.314	(	0.800	-	2.158	)		0.282
Carbohydrate (g/day)	-0.001	0.002	0.999	(	0.995	-	1.004	)		0.723
EPA (mg/day)	-0.001	0.002	0.999	(	0.995	-	1.002	)		0.451
DHA (mg/day)	0.001	0.001	1.001	(	0.998	-	1.003	)		0.587
Cancer deaths (n=99)
Vaiables	β	SE	HR (95% CI)							p value
Sex (men=0, women=1)	-0.571	0.234	0.565	(	0.357	-	0.894	)		0.015
Age (years)	0.099	0.011	1.104	(	1.080	-	1.128	)		<0.0001
Energy (kcal/day)	0.000	0.001	1.000	(	0.999	-	1.002	)		0.644
Animal protein (g/day)	-0.018	0.017	0.982	(	0.949	-	1.016	)		0.295
Vegetable protein (g/day)	0.028	0.014	1.028	(	1.001	-	1.056	)		0.045
Animal protein/vegetable protein	0.324	0.605	1.382	(	0.422	-	4.526	)		0.593
Animal fat (g/day)	-0.006	0.022	0.994	(	0.953	-	1.037	)		0.778
Vegetable fat (g/day)	0.009	0.021	1.009	(	0.968	-	1.051	)		0.680
Animal fat/ Vegetable fat	0.374	0.415	1.453	(	0.644	-	3.280	)		0.368
Carbohydrate (g/day)	-0.004	0.004	0.996	(	0.989	-	1.004	)		0.330
EPA (mg/day)	-0.001	0.002	0.999	(	0.996	-	1.003	)		0.743
DHA (mg/day)	0.001	0.001	1.001	(	0.998	-	1.004	)		0.517
Infection deaths (n=43)
Vaiables	β	SE	HR (95% CI)							p value
Sex (men=0, women=1)	-1.591	0.396	0.204	(	0.094	-	0.442	)		0.000
Age (years)	0.142	0.020	1.153	(	1.109	-	1.198	)		<0.0001
Energy (kcal/day)	-0.001	0.001	0.999	(	0.997	-	1.001	)		0.465
Animal protein (g/day)	-0.013	0.032	0.987	(	0.926	-	1.052	)		0.692
Vegetable protein (g/day)	-0.006	0.027	0.994	(	0.943	-	1.048	)		0.831
Animal protein/vegetable protein	0.193	1.060	1.213	(	0.152	-	9.684	)		0.855
Animal fat (g/day)	0.042	0.040	1.043	(	0.964	-	1.128	)		0.299
Vegetable fat (g/day)	0.013	0.040	1.014	(	0.937	-	1.097	)		0.739
Animal fat/ Vegetable fat	-0.608	0.842	0.544	(	0.105	-	2.834	)		0.470
Carbohydrate (g/day)	0.001	0.007	1.001	(	0.989	-	1.015	)		0.820
EPA (mg/day)	-0.009	0.005	0.991	(	0.981	-	1.001	)		0.068
DHA (mg/day)	0.006	0.003	1.006	(	0.999	-	1.013	)		0.080
CVD deaths (n=47)
Vaiables	β	SE	HR (95% CI)							p value
Sex (men=0, women=1)	-0.780	0.342	0.458	(	0.234	-	0.896	)		0.023
Age (years)	0.118	0.017	1.126	(	1.088	-	1.164	)		<0.0001
Energy (kcal/day)	-0.001	0.001	0.999	(	0.997	-	1.001	)		0.314
Animal protein (g/day)	0.032	0.024	1.032	(	0.984	-	1.082	)		0.193
Vegetable protein (g/day)	0.002	0.023	1.002	(	0.958	-	1.048	)		0.933
Animal protein/vegetable protein	0.202	0.799	1.224	(	0.256	-	5.855	)		0.801
Animal fat (g/day)	-0.013	0.032	0.987	(	0.928	-	1.051	)		0.692
Vegetable fat (g/day)	0.036	0.034	1.037	(	0.970	-	1.108	)		0.288
Animal fat/ Vegetable fat	0.176	0.653	1.192	(	0.331	-	4.289	)		0.788
Carbohydrate (g/day)	0.003	0.006	1.003	(	0.991	-	1.016	)		0.581
EPA (mg/day)	-0.002	0.005	0.998	(	0.992	-	1.008	)		0.751
DHA (mg/day)	-0.001	0.003	0.999	(	0.992	-	1.005	)		0.700

EPA: Eicosapentaenoic acid, DHA: Docosahexaenoic acid