Table 1.
Forty-year CHD mortality as a function of 4 dietary scores in Cox proportional hazards models.
| Dietary Scores and Variables in Model | Hazards Ratios (95% Confidence Limits) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Risk Class 1 | Risk Class 2 | Risk Class 3 | |
| Panel A–Original Dietary Scores | |||
| MAI | |||
| Dietary score alone | 1 | 1.03 (0.74 1.42) | 0.80 (0.56 1.13) |
| Adjusted for age, cigarettes, systolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol | 1 | 1.03 (0.74 1.43) | 0.80 (0.56 1.14) |
| Adjusted for age, cigarettes, systolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol, BMI, physical activity | 1 | 1.07 (0.77 1.49) | 0.87 (0.60 1.25) |
| MED | |||
| Dietary score alone | 1 | 0.97 (0.69 1.38) | 0.70 (0.50 0.98) |
| Adjusted for age, cigarettes, systolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol | 1 | 0.99 (0.70 1.41) | 0.74 (0.53 1.05) |
| Adjusted for age, cigarettes, systolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol, BMI, physical activity | 1 | 1.02 (0.72 1.45) | 0.78 (0.55 1.11) |
| FA2 | |||
| Dietary score alone | 1 | 0.60 (0.43 0.83) | 0.48 (0.34 0.68 |
| Adjusted for age, cigarettes, systolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol | 1 | 0.72 (0.51 1.01) | 0.63 (0.45 0.90) |
| Adjusted for age, cigarettes, systolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol, BMI, physical activity | 1 | 0.72 (0.51 1.00) | 0.65 (0.45 0.94) |
| PC2 | |||
| Dietary score alone | 1 | 0.51 (0.37 0.72) | 0.43 (0.31 0.60) |
| Adjusted for age, cigarettes, systolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol | 1 | 0.60 (0.43 0.84) | 0.54 (0.38 0.76) |
| Adjusted for age, cigarettes, systolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol, BMI, physical activity | 1 | 0.60 (0.43 0.85) | 0.53 (0.37 0.77) |
| Panel B - Modified Dietary Scores | |||
| MAI, after exclusion of alcohol, sugar beverages and fruit | |||
| Dietary score alone | 1 | 1.00 (0.72 1.30) | 0.64 (0.49 0.98) |
| Adjusted for age, cigarettes, systolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol | 1 | 1.02 (0.74 1.42) | 0.78 (0.55 1.11) |
| Adjusted for age, cigarettes, systolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol, BMI, physical activity | 1 | 1.07 (0.77 1.49) | 0.84 (0.58 1.20) |
| MED, after exclusion of alcohol, sugar beverages and fruit | |||
| Dietary score alone | 1 | 0.96 (0.67 1.36) | 0.70 (0.50 0.97) |
| Adjusted for age, cigarettes, systolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol | 1 | 1.04 (0.79 1.49) | 0.80 (0.56 1.13) |
| Adjusted for age, cigarettes, systolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol, BMI, physical activity | 1 | 1.08 (0.75 1.55) | 0.85 (0.59 1.21) |