TABLE 4.
Relative risks and 95% confidence intervals for colorectal cancer according to quintiles of diet quality indexes for the Healthy Eating Index-2005, Alternate Healthy Eating Index, Mediterranean Diet Score, and Recommended Food Score
| Age-adjusted model* | Multivariate model† | |||||||
| Men (n = 293,615) | Women (n = 198,767) | Men (n = 293,615) | Women (n = 198,767) | |||||
| Relative risk | 95% confidence interval | Relative risk | 95% confidence interval | Relative risk | 95% confidence interval | Relative risk | 95% confidence interval | |
| Healthy Eating Index-2005 | ||||||||
| Quintile 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Quintile 2 | 0.81 | 0.71, 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.74, 1.08 | 0.84 | 0.74, 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.79, 1.16 |
| Quintile 3 | 0.79 | 0.70, 0.90 | 0.83 | 0.68, 1.01 | 0.85 | 0.75, 0.97 | 0.92 | 0.75, 1.12 |
| Quintile 4 | 0.72 | 0.63, 0.82 | 0.77 | 0.63, 0.94 | 0.80 | 0.70, 0.92 | 0.87 | 0.71, 1.07 |
| Quintile 5 | 0.63 | 0.55, 0.72 | 0.69 | 0.56, 0.84 | 0.72 | 0.62, 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.64, 0.98 |
| Alternate Healthy Eating Index | ||||||||
| Quintile 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Quintile 2 | 0.90 | 0.79, 1.02 | 0.89 | 0.73, 1.08 | 0.90 | 0.79, 1.02 | 0.91 | 0.75, 1.11 |
| Quintile 3 | 0.85 | 0.74, 0.99 | 0.85 | 0.69, 1.03 | 0.84 | 0.73, 0.96 | 0.87 | 0.71, 1.07 |
| Quintile 4 | 0.81 | 0.71, 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.763, 1.08 | 0.81 | 0.70, 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.71, 1.13 |
| Quintile 5 | 0.71 | 0.62, 0.82 | 0.81 | 0.66, 0.98 | 0.71 | 0.61, 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.66, 1.05 |
| Mediterranean Diet Score | ||||||||
| Quintile 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Quintile 2 | 0.94 | 0.83, 1.08 | 1.02 | 0.83, 1.25 | 0.98 | 0.85, 1.12 | 1.06 | 0.86, 1.30 |
| Quintile 3 | 0.80 | 0.70, 0.91 | 0.94 | 0.77, 1.15 | 0.85 | 0.74, 0.97 | 1.00 | 0.82, 1.22 |
| Quintile 4 | 0.81 | 0.70, 0.92 | 0.73 | 0.59, 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.77, 1.01 | 0.79 | 0.64, 0.99 |
| Quintile 5 | 0.63 | 0.55, 0.72 | 0.79 | 0.64, 0.97 | 0.72 | 0.63, 0.83 | 0.89 | 0.72, 1.11 |
| Recommended Food Score | ||||||||
| Quintile 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Quintile 2 | 0.82 | 0.72, 0.93 | 1.02 | 0.83, 1.25 | 0.83 | 0.73, 0.94 | 1.07 | 0.87, 1.32 |
| Quintile 3 | 0.78 | 0.69, 0.89 | 1.02 | 0.84, 1.25 | 0.80 | 0.70, 0.91 | 1.10 | 0.90, 1.36 |
| Quintile 4 | 0.79 | 0.69, 0.91 | 0.99 | 0.81, 1.21 | 0.81 | 0.71, 0.93 | 1.08 | 0.87, 1.34 |
| Quintile 5 | 0.73 | 0.64, 0.83 | 0.93 | 0.76, 1.14 | 0.75 | 0.65, 0.87 | 1.01 | 0.80, 1.28 |
*
Adjusted for age.
†
Adjusted for age, ethnicity, education, body mass index, smoking, physical activity, and energy (and menopausal hormone therapy, women only).