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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 3.

Association of energy-adjusted dietary vitamin B6 intake with cause-specific mortality in SWHS (1997–2014)

Quintiles of dietary vitamin B6 intake
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 P for trend Per Q
Median intake (mg/d) 1.24 1.45 1.62 1.79 2.11
Person years 229890 232273 233661 234814 235497
Total mortality
No. of deaths 2169 1698 1412 1239 1037
Crude HR (95%CIs) a 1.00 (reference) 0.86 (0.81,0.92) 0.81 (0.76,0.87) 0.79 (0.74,0.85) 0.74 (0.68,0.79) <0.001 0.93 (0.91,0.94)
Multivariable HR (95%CIs) b 1.00 (reference) 0.90 (0.85,0.96) 0.88 (0.82,0.94) 0.88 (0.81,0.94) 0.83 (0.77,0.90) <0.001 0.96 (0.94,0.98)
Cancer mortality
No. of deaths 816 670 594 572 496
Crude HR (95%CIs) a 1.00 (reference) 0.91 (0.82,1.01) 0.87 (0.79,0.97) 0.90 (0.81,1.01) 0.83 (0.74,0.92) 0.002 0.96 (0.94,0.99)
Multivariable HR (95%CIs) b 1.00 (reference) 0.93 (0.84,1.03) 0.91 (0.82,1.02) 0.95 (0.85,1.06) 0.88 (0.78,0.99) 0.063 0.98 (0.95,1.00)
CVD mortality
No. of deaths 781 549 452 392 312
Crude HR (95%CIs) a 1.00 (reference) 0.79 (0.71,0.88) 0.76 (0.68,0.85) 0.76 (0.67,0.85) 0.70 (0.61,0.80) <0.001 0.92 (0.89,0.95)
Multivariable HR (95%CIs) b 1.00 (reference) 0.82 (0.73,0.91) 0.83 (0.74,0.94) 0.85 (0.75,0.96) 0.80 (0.70,0.92) 0.001 0.95 (0.92,0.98)
Stroke mortality
No. of deaths 426 271 245 221 154
Crude HR (95%CIs) a 1.00 (reference) 0.71 (0.61,0.83) 0.75 (0.64,0.88) 0.78 (0.66,0.91) 0.63 (0.52,0.76) <0.001 0.91 (0.88,0.95)
Multivariable HR (95%CIs) b 1.00 (reference) 0.75 (0.64,0.87) 0.84 (0.71,0.98) 0.87 (0.74,1.03) 0.72 (0.59,0.86) 0.006 0.94 (0.91,0.98)
CHD mortality
No. of deaths 132 98 75 65 60
Crude HR (95%CIs) a 1.00 (reference) 0.83 (0.64,1.08) 0.75 (0.56,0.99) 0.75 (0.55,1.01) 0.81 (0.60,1.11) 0.07 0.94 (0.87,1.01)
Multivariable HR (95%CIs) b 1.00 (reference) 0.85 (0.65,1.11) 0.81 (0.61,1.08) 0.83 (0.61,1.13) 0.91 (0.66,1.24) 0.351 0.97 (0.90,1.04)
AMI mortality
No. of deaths 89 66 50 48 41
Crude HR (95%CIs) a 1.00 (reference) 0.85 (0.61,1.17) 0.75 (0.53,1.07) 0.82 (0.58,1.17) 0.81 (0.56,1.18) 0.200 0.95 (0.87,1.03)
Multivariable HR (95%CIs) b 1.00 (reference) 0.88 (0.64,1.22) 0.82 (0.58,1.17) 0.92 (0.64,1.31) 0.91 (0.62,1.33) 0.589 0.98 (0.90,1.06)

Abbreviation: Q, quintiles; SWHS, Shanghai Women’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, menopausal status, and hormone replacement therapy.