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. 2018 Dec 1;10(12):1844. doi: 10.3390/nu10121844

Table 3.

Hazard ratios (HR) (95% confidence intervals (CI)) for all-causes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer mortality according to quintiles of Dietary Inflammatory Index scores by race/ethnicity among men in the Multiethnic Cohort, 1993–2014.

African American Native Hawaiian Japanese American Latino White P for Heterogeneity
Deaths n HR (95% CI) 1 Deaths n HR (95% CI) 1 Deaths n HR (95% CI) 1 Deaths n HR (95% CI) 1 Deaths n HR (95% CI) 1
All Causes
Quintile 1 548 1.00 213 1.00 1139 1.00 624 1.00 784 1.00
Quintile 2 677 1.15 (0.99–1.33) 219 0.89 (0.67–1.18) 1075 1.01 (0.92–1.11) 942 1.10 (0.98–1.23) 919 0.98 (0.88–1.10)
Quintile 3 822 1.07 (0.93–1.23) 292 0.91 (0.70–1.19) 1318 0.98 (0.89–1.07) 1257 1.11 (0.99–1.24) 1108 1.07 (0.96–1.19)
Quintile 4 969 1.12 (0.98–1.28) 397 0.81 (0.63–1.04) 1546 0.99 (0.91–1.08) 1498 1.18 (1.05–1.31) 1222 1.11 (1.00–1.24)
Quintile 5 1290 1.13 (0.99–1.30) 653 0.85 (0.67–1.07) 1987 1.06 (0.97–1.16) 1243 1.32 (1.18–1.48) 1649 1.24 (1.11–1.38)
P for trend 2 0.20 0.20 0.15 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Continuous 1.02 (1.00–1.04) 0.98 (0.94–1.01) 1.01 (1.00–1.02) 1.05 (1.03–1.07) 1.05 (1.03–1.06)
CVD
Quintile 1 229 1.00 77 1.00 369 1.00 239 1.00 262 1.00
Quintile 2 247 1.03 (0.82–1.30) 78 0.96 (0.60–1.55) 362 1.03 (0.88–1.21) 354 1.03 (0.85–1.25) 301 1.09 (0.90–1.33)
Quintile 3 311 0.90 (0.72–1.12) 112 0.96 (0.62–1.50) 436 1.00 (0.86–1.17) 466 1.07 (0.89–1.28) 396 1.17 (0.97–1.41)
Quintile 4 367 0.98 (0.79–1.22) 146 0.88 (0.58–1.34) 498 1.03 (0.88–1.20) 544 1.15 (0.96–1.37) 406 1.27 (1.05–1.53)
Quintile 5 465 0.97 (0.78–1.21) 240 0.96 (0.64–1.42) 619 1.16 (1.00–1.35) 377 1.08 (0.89–1.31) 500 1.32 (1.09–1.59)
P for trend 2 0.82 0.84 0.05 0.26 0.002 0.24
Continuous 1.01 (0.97–1.04) 1.01 (0.95–1.06) 1.03 (1.00–1.05) 1.02 (0.99–1.05) 1.05 (1.02–1.08)
Cancer
Quintile 1 142 1.00 56 1.00 294 1.00 173 1.00 241 1.00
Quintile 2 201 1.22 (0.94–1.60) 62 0.94 (0.56–1.58) 307 1.04 (0.87–1.23) 248 1.02 (0.82–1.27) 280 0.93 (0.77–1.13)
Quintile 3 250 1.19 (0.92–1.53) 94 1.17 (0.72–1.93) 377 0.97 (0.82–1.15) 349 1.05 (0.85–1.29) 320 0.95 (0.79–1.15)
Quintile 4 298 1.26 (0.98–1.62) 112 0.88 (0.55–1.41) 466 0.93 (0.79–1.09) 427 1.07 (0.88–1.32) 387 0.99 (0.82–1.20)
Quintile 5 425 1.25 (0.97–1.61) 214 1.08 (0.69–1.66) 678 0.96 (0.82–1.13) 427 1.37 (1.11–1.68) 529 1.06 (0.88–1.28)
P for trend 2 0.18 0.73 0.36 <0.001 0.24 0.02
Continuous 1.02 (0.99–1.06) 1.01 (0.95–1.07) 1.00 (0.97–1.02) 1.06 (1.03–1.10) 1.03 (1.00–1.05)

1 Adjusted for age at cohort entry, body mass index, history of diabetes, education, marital status, physical activity, alcohol intake, and energy intake in n the smoking model including smoking status, average number of cigarettes, squared average number of cigarettes, number of years smoked (time-dependent), and number of years since quitting (time-dependent). 2 Tests for linearity.