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. 2016 Dec 20;6:39532. doi: 10.1038/srep39532

Table 3. Association between dairy food intake and 10-year incidence of CKD (stage 3 or greater), presented as adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) among Blue Mountains Eye Study participants in 1992–4 to 2002–4 (n = 1185).

Dairy consumption, servings/day eGFR <60 mL·min−1.1.73 m−2
No. of cases/no. at risk Age-sex adjusted OR (95% CI) Multivariable-adjusted OR (95% CI)
Total dairya
 1st quintile (≤0.81) 29/237 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
 2nd quintile (0.82–1.22) 38/237 1.33 (0.78–2.28) 1.35 (0.78–2.35)
 3rd quintile (1.23–1.76) 48/237 1.73 (1.03–2.91) 1.85 (1.08–3.15)
 4th quintile (1.77–2.81) 35/237 1.14 (0.66–1.97) 1.11 (0.63–1.95)
 5th quintile (≥2.82) 28/237 0.86 (0.49–1.52) 0.94 (0.52–1.68)
P for trend   0.25 0.38
Reduced/low fat dairya,b
 1st quintile (≤0.00) 54/259 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
 2nd quintile (0.02–0.09) 23/214 0.48 (0.28–0.84) 0.51 (0.29–0.89)
 3rd quintile (0.09–0.85) 33/238 0.65 (0.39–1.08) 0.64 (0.38–1.09)
 4th quintile (0.86–1.22) 32/235 0.60 (0.36–1.01) 0.66 (0.39–1.13)
 5th quintile (≥1.24) 36/239 0.64 (0.38–1.07) 0.66 (0.39–1.12)
P for trend   0.33 0.39
Regular fat dairya,c
 1st quintile (≤0.21) 38/237 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
 2nd quintile (0.22–0.50) 29/236 0.74 (0.43–1.28) 0.76 (0.44–1.32)
 3rd quintile (0.52–0.91) 33/238 0.84 (0.49–1.42) 0.78 (0.45–1.34)
 4th quintile (0.92–1.55) 40/237 1.00 (0.59–1.69) 0.98 (0.57–1.69)
 5th quintile (≥1.56) 38/237 0.93 (0.54–1.58) 0.94 (0.55–1.63)
P for trend   0.44 0.44

aFurther adjusted for receipt of pension, body mass index, smoking, serum triglycerides, hypertension, and history of diagnosed diabetes.

bFurther adjusted for baseline regular-fat dairy product consumption.

cFurther adjusted for baseline low-fat dairy product consumption.