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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 4.

Subgroup analysis of association of energy-adjusted dietary vitamin B6 intake with all-cause mortality in SMHS (2002–2014)

Quintiles of dietary vitamin B6 intake a
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 P for trend P for interaction
Age at baseline 0.459
 Age <60 y
   No. of deaths 270 234 245 235 233
  HR (95%CIs) 1.00 (reference) 0.89 (0.74,1.06) 0.94 (0.79,1.12) 0.88 (0.74,1.06) 0.85 (0.71,1.01) 0.091
 Age>=60 y
  No. of deaths 1153 993 839 803 700
  HR (95%CIs) 1.00 (reference) 0.83 (0.76,0.91) 0.80 (0.73,0.87) 0.82 (0.75,0.90) 0.82 (0.74,0.90) <0.001
Smoke status 0.798
 Never smoker
   No. of deaths 371 371 334 342 333
  HR (95%CIs) 1.00 (reference) 0.88 (0.76,1.01) 0.78 (0.67,0.91) 0.79 (0.68,0.92) 0.86 (0.74,1.01) 0.046
 Ever smoker
   No. of deaths 1052 856 750 696 600
  HR (95%CIs) 1.00 (reference) 0.83 (0.76,0.91) 0.84 (0.77,0.93) 0.85 (0.77,0.94) 0.81 (0.73,0.90) <0.001
Alcohol use 0.731
 Never use
   No. of deaths 952 808 689 637 573
  HR (95%CIs) 1.00 (reference) 0.86 (0.78,0.94) 0.83 (0.75,0.91) 0.80 (0.72,0.89) 0.84 (0.75,0.93) <0.001
 Ever use
   No. of deaths 471 419 395 401 360
  HR (95%CIs) 1.00 (reference) 0.81 (0.71,0.93) 0.81 (0.70,0.93) 0.87 (0.76,1.00) 0.80 (0.70,0.92) 0.017
Body mass index 0.294
 BMI<24 kg/m2
   No. of deaths 801 714 593 556 438
  HR (95%CIs) 1.00 (reference) 0.86 (0.78,0.95) 0.80 (0.72,0.89) 0.82 (0.73,0.91) 0.80 (0.71,0.90) <0.001
 BMI>=24 kg/m2
   No. of deaths 622 513 491 482 495
  HR (95%CIs) 1.00 (reference) 0.81 (0.72,0.92) 0.84 (0.75,0.95) 0.84 (0.74,0.95) 0.85 (0.76,0.96) 0.04
Energy intake 0.036
 <Median
   No. of deaths 731 814 733 652 450
  HR (95%CIs) 1.00 (reference) 0.77 (0.69,0.85) 0.77 (0.69,0.85) 0.77 (0.69,0.86) 0.74 (0.66,0.84) <0.001
 >=Median
   No. of deaths 692 413 351 386 483
  HR (95%CIs) 1.00 (reference) 0.95 (0.84,1.07) 0.88 (0.77,1.00) 0.91 (0.80,1.04) 0.92 (0.81,1.03) 0.133
History of main chronic disease 0.048
 No
   No. of deaths 995 815 717 688 621
  HR (95%CIs) 1.00 (reference) 0.84 (0.76,0.92) 0.79 (0.72,0.87) 0.80 (0.73,0.89) 0.78 (0.70,0.86) <0.001
 Yes
   No. of deaths 428 412 367 350 312
  HR (95%CIs) 1.00 (reference) 0.86 (0.75,0.98) 0.88 (0.76,1.01) 0.90 (0.78,1.04) 0.92 (0.79,1.07) 0.496
Vitamin B supplements use 0.921
 No
  No. of deaths 1284 1081 939 874 763
  HR (95%CIs) 1.00 (reference) 0.84 (0.77,0.91) 0.82 (0.75,0.89) 0.83 (0.76,0.91) 0.83 (0.75,0.91) <0.001
 Yes
   No. of deaths 139 146 145 164 170
  HR (95%CIs) 1.00 (reference) 0.86 (0.68,1.09) 0.82 (0.65,1.04) 0.82 (0.65,1.04) 0.84 (0.67,1.07) 0.228

Abbreviation: Q, quintiles; SMHS, Shanghai Men's Health Study; HR, hazards ratio; CI, confidence interval.

a

HR: Adjusted for age, energy intake, 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.