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Published in final edited form as: Clin Nutr. 2018 May 4;38(3):1180–1187. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.04.016

Table 2.

Association of energy-adjusted dietary vitamin B6 intake with cause-specific mortality in SMHS (2002–2014)

Quintiles of dietary vitamin B6 intake
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 P for trend Per Q
Median intake (mg/d) 1.31 1.53 1.69 1.87 2.2
Person years 118973 119988 120600 121289 123925
Total mortality
No. of deaths 1423 1227 1084 1038 933
Crude HR (95%CIs) a 1.00 (reference) 0.79 (0.73,0.85) 0.72 (0.67,0.78) 0.71 (0.65,0.77) 0.68 (0.62,0.74) <0.001 0.91 (0.89,0.93)
Multivariable HR (95%CIs) b 1.00 (reference) 0.84 (0.78,0.91) 0.82 (0.75,0.89) 0.83 (0.76,0.90) 0.83 (0.76,0.90) <0.001 0.96 (0.94,0.98)
Cancer mortality
No. of deaths 596 479 471 430 435
Crude HR (95%CIs) a 1.00 (reference) 0.76 (0.67,0.86) 0.77 (0.68,0.87) 0.71 (0.63,0.81) 0.75 (0.66,0.85) <0.001 0.93 (0.91,0.96)
Multivariable HR (95%CIs) b 1.00 (reference) 0.81 (0.72,0.91) 0.86 (0.76,0.97) 0.82 (0.73,0.94) 0.89 (0.78,1.01) 0.087 0.97 (0.95,1.00)
CVD mortality
No. of deaths 502 449 342 326 287
Crude HR (95%CIs) a 1.00 (reference) 0.81 (0.71,0.92) 0.64 (0.56,0.74) 0.63 (0.55,0.73) 0.60 (0.52,0.70) <0.001 0.87 (0.85,0.90)
Multivariable HR (95%CIs) b 1.00 (reference) 0.86 (0.76,0.98) 0.74 (0.64,0.85) 0.75 (0.65,0.87) 0.73 (0.63,0.85) <0.001 0.92 (0.89,0.95)
Stroke mortality
No. of deaths 268 226 167 154 140
Crude HR (95%CIs) a 1.00 (reference) 0.76 (0.63,0.90) 0.58 (0.48,0.71) 0.55 (0.45,0.67) 0.54 (0.44,0.67) <0.001 0.85 (0.81,0.89)
Multivariable HR (95%CIs) b 1.00 (reference) 0.82 (0.69,0.99) 0.69 (0.57,0.84) 0.70 (0.57,0.86) 0.71 (0.58,0.88) <0.001 0.91 (0.87,0.96)
CHD mortality
No. of deaths 110 105 71 78 58
Crude HR (95%CIs) a 1.00 (reference) 0.88 (0.67,1.16) 0.62 (0.46,0.84) 0.71 (0.53,0.95) 0.57 (0.42,0.79) <0.001 0.87 (0.81,0.94)
Multivariable HR (95%CIs) b 1.00 (reference) 0.93 (0.71,1.22) 0.71 (0.52,0.96) 0.81 (0.60,1.09) 0.66 (0.47,0.91) 0.006 0.90 (0.84,0.97)
AMI mortality
No. of deaths 74 85 50 66 47
Crude HR (95%CIs) a 1.00 (reference) 1.10 (0.80,1.50) 0.67 (0.47,0.97) 0.91 (0.65,1.27) 0.69 (0.48,0.99) 0.019 0.91 (0.84,0.98)
Multivariable HR (95%CIs) b 1.00 (reference) 1.16 (0.84,1.59) 0.76 (0.52,1.09) 1.02 (0.72,1.43) 0.78 (0.53,1.13) 0.137 0.94 (0.87,1.02)

Abbreviation: Q, quintiles; SMHS, Shanghai Men’s Health Study; HR, hazards ratio; CI, confidence interval; CVD, cardiovascular disease; CHD, coronary artery heart disease; AMI, acute myocardial infarction.

a

Crude HR: Adjusted for age at baseline, energy intake.

b

Multivariable HR: Additionally adjusted for education, income, occupation, smoke, alcohol, body mass index, waist-hip ratio, physical activity, history of diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease and stroke, vitamin B supplements use.