TABLE 6.

Index-specific relative risks and 95% confidence intervals for colorectal cancer for each component of the Healthy Eating Index-2005, Alternate Healthy Eating Index, Mediterranean Diet Score, and Recommended Food Score among men (n = 293,615)

	Healthy Eating Index-2005*		Alternate Healthy Eating Index*		Mediterranean Diet Score*		Recommended Food Score*
	Relative risk	95% confidence interval	Relative risk	95% confidence interval	Relative risk	95% confidence interval	Relative risk	95% confidence interval
Grains
Total grains	0.96	0.91, 1.02					0.89	0.81, 0.97†
Whole grains	0.94	0.90, 0.98			0.85	0.78, 0.93
Vegetables
Total vegetables	0.99	0.94, 1.05	0.98	0.95, 0.99‡	0.94	0.86, 1.03‡	0.82	0.74, 0.91§
Dark-green and orange vegetables, legumes	0.98	0.94, 1.02
Fruit
Total fruit	1.00	0.96, 1.05	1.00	0.98, 1.01	0.94	0.86, 1.03
Whole fruits	0.96	0.92, 1.00
Milk	0.98	0.97, 1.00
Meats, fish, legumes, and nuts	1.02	0.99, 1.05
Nuts and soy			0.99	0.98, 1.01
White:red meat ratio			0.99	0.97, 1.01
Red and processed meat					0.94	0.86, 1.03¶
Fish					0.97	0.89, 1.06
Legumes					0.96	0.88, 1.05
Nuts					0.93	0.85, 1.01
Oils	0.98	0.96, 1.00
Saturated fat	1.01	0.99, 1.02
Fatty acid ratio			1.00	0.68, 1.47#	1.01	0.92, 1.10**
Trans fat			0.99	0.97, 1.02
Sodium	1.01	0.98, 1.04
Fiber			0.97	0.94, 0.99
Calories from solid fat, alcohol, and added sugar	1.00	0.99, 1.01
Alcohol			0.99	0.98, 1.00	0.91	0.82, 1.00
Multivitamins			0.99	0.97, 1.01

^*Each model (for the Healthy Eating Index-2005, for the Alternate Healthy Eating Index, for the Mediterranean Diet Score, and for the Recommended Food Score) is adjusted for age, ethnicity, education, body mass index, smoking, physical activity, and all other components within the specific index.

^†Dark bread item only.

^‡Excluding white potatoes.

^§Green salad item only.

^¶Note that the red meat/processed meat component is reverse scored.

^#Polyunsaturated:saturated fat.

^**Monounsaturated:saturated fat.