Table 2.
Multivariate-adjusted hazard ratios 1 for all-cause mortality of fish, meat, and fatty acid intakes (n = 1054).
| Explanatory Variable | Tertile 1 | Tertile 2 | Tertile 3 | p trend | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | Cases n /Alive n | HR (ref) | Median | Cases n /Alive n | HR (95% CI) | Median | Cases n /Alive n | HR (95% CI) | |||||
| Fish intake | 55.0 | g/day | 142/208 | 1 | 89.5 | g/day | 142/208 | 1.16 (0.85–1.58) | 141.4 | g/day | 138/216 | 1.20 (0.89–1.63) | 0.23 |
| Meat intake | 20.0 | g/day | 159/188 | 1 | 46.7 | g/day | 136/215 | 0.77 (0.57–1.03) | 80.0 | g/day | 127/229 | 0.81 (0.60–1.11) | 0.19 |
| Fatty acid intake | 31.9 | g/day | 171/179 | 1 | 43.5 | g/day | 134/217 | 0.80 (0.59–1.08) | 57.2 | g/day | 117/236 | 0.74 (0.55–1.01) | 0.06 |
| Saturated fatty acid intake | 9.7 | g/day | 160/190 | 1 | 14.0 | g/day | 143/208 | 0.75 (0.55–1.01) | 19.5 | g/day | 119/234 | 0.73 (0.53–0.99) | 0.04 |
| Unsaturated fatty acid intake | 21.2 | g/day | 171/179 | 1 | 29.2 | g/day | 134/217 | 0.72 (0.53–0.97) | 38.9 | g/day | 117/236 | 0.78 (0.57–1.05) | 0.10 |
| n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake | 6.8 | g/day | 160/190 | 1 | 9.6 | g/day | 140/211 | 0.69 (0.50–0.93) | 12.6 | g/day | 122/231 | 0.80 (0.59–1.07) | 0.13 |
| ARA intake | 104.4 | mg/day | 159/191 | 1 | 159.0 | mg/day | 134/217 | 0.98 (0.73–1.33) | 226.1 | mg/day | 129/224 | 0.95 (0.69–1.30) | 0.74 |
| n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake | 1.5 | g/day | 166/184 | 1 | 2.2 | g/day | 122/229 | 0.77 (0.57–1.05) | 3.3 | g/day | 134/219 | 0.83 (0.61–1.12) | 0.22 |
| EPA intake | 101.7 | mg/day | 162/188 | 1 | 268.8 | mg/day | 120/231 | 0.85 (0.63–1.16) | 530.3 | mg/day | 140/213 | 0.96 (0.71–1.30) | 0.78 |
| DHA intake | 226.1 | mg/day | 160/190 | 1 | 499.4 | mg/day | 130/221 | 0.85 (0.62–1.16) | 864.2 | mg/day | 132/221 | 0.95 (0.70–1.28) | 0.72 |
1 HR adjusted for sex, baseline age, body mass index, smoking status, alcohol drinking, physical activity, education, employment, and history of cancer, heart disease, stroke, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus. HR, hazard ratios; CI, confidence intervals; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; ARA, arachidonic acid.