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. 2019 Oct 17;11(10):2506. doi: 10.3390/nu11102506

Table 3.

Relative risks of dyslipidemia in accordance with the quintiles of total fish consumption by sex in the HEXA-G study.

Total Fish Consumption (g/d)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 P for Trend
Men (n = 5710)
Median (range) 11.9 (0.2-16.8) 21.0 (16.8–25.1) 29.6 (25.1–34.8) 40.8 (34.8–49.9) 65.5 (49.9–292.2)
Person-years, mean (sum) 5.0 (5468.7) 4.9 (5472.3) 4.9 (5553.5) 5.0 (5870.7) 4.9 (5950.8)
Hypercholesterolemia
Cases, n 261 279 308 319 313
Model 1 1.00 (Ref.) 1.05 (0.88–1.24) 1.14 (0.97–1.35) 1.13 (0.96–1.33) 1.12 (0.95–1.32) 0.1948
Model 2 1.00 (Ref.) 1.04 (0.88–1.23) 1.13 (0.96–1.34) 1.12 (0.95–1.32) 1.11 (0.93–1.33) 0.2593
Hyper-LDL cholesterolemia
Cases, n 151 140 169 192 195
Model 1 1.00 (Ref.) 0.91 (0.72–1.15) 1.08 (0.87–1.35) 1.17 (0.95–1.45) 1.20 (0.97–1.49) 0.0145
Model 2 1.00 (Ref.) 0.91 (0.72–1.15) 1.10 (0.88–1.37) 1.19 (0.96–1.49) 1.25 (1.00–1.58) 0.0074
Hypo-HDL cholesterolemia
Cases, n 68 53 48 74 55
Model 1 1.00 (Ref.) 0.77 (0.53–1.10) 0.68 (0.47–0.99) 0.99 (0.71–1.37) 0.72 (0.50–1.03) 0.3026
Model 2 1.00 (Ref.) 0.80 (0.56–1.15) 0.74 (0.51–1.08) 1.03 (0.73–1.44) 0.72 (0.49–1.06) 0.3069
Hypertriglyceridemia
Cases, n 157 148 147 188 169
Model 1 1.00 (Ref.) 0.90 (0.71–1.12) 0.89 (0.71–1.11) 1.06 (0.86–1.31) 0.93 (0.75–1.15) 0.9930
Model 2 1.00 (Ref.) 0.89 (0.71–1.12) 0.88 (0.70–1.11) 1.02 (0.82–1.27) 0.87 (0.69–1.10) 0.5172
Dyslipidemia
Cases, n 396 403 409 478 456
Model 1 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (0.87–1.15) 1.00 (0.87–1.15) 1.11 (0.97–1.27) 1.06 (0.92–1.21) 0.2005
Model 2 1.00 (Ref.) 0.99 (0.86-1.14) 0.99 (0.86–1.14) 1.09 (0.95–1.26) 1.04 (0.90–1.20) 0.3559
Women (n = 14,960)
Median (range) 11.9 (0.0-16.8) 21.0 (16.8–25.1) 29.6 (25.1–34.8) 41.0 (34.8–49.9) 65.5 (49.9–348.5)
Person-years, mean (sum) 5.1 (15389.3) 5.1 (15350.3) 5.1 (15201.3) 5.1 (15218.5) 5.3 (15451.2)
Hypercholesterolemia
Cases, n 1099 1082 1152 1158 1156
Model 1 1.00 (Ref.) 0.98 (0.90–1.06) 1.08 (0.99–1.17) 1.04 (0.96–1.13) 0.99 (0.91–1.07) 0.9380
Model 2 1.00 (Ref.) 0.97 (0.90–1.06) 1.07 (0.99–1.17) 1.04 (0.95-1.13) 1.00 (0.91–1.09) 0.9228
Hyper-LDL cholesterolemia
Cases, n 586 582 631 631 646
Model 1 1.00 (Ref.) 0.98 (0.88–1.10) 1.11 (0.99–1.24) 1.06 (0.95–1.19) 1.02 (0.91–1.14) 0.6460
Model 2 1.00 (Ref.) 0.99 (0.88–1.11) 1.11 (0.99–1.25) 1.07 (0.95–1.20) 1.05 (0.93–1.18) 0.4159
Hypo-HDL cholesterolemia
Cases, n 87 71 64 73 81
Model 1 1.00 (Ref.) 0.82 (0.60–1.12) 0.76 (0.55–1.05) 0.83 (0.60–1.13) 0.84 (0.62–1.14) 0.5000
Model 2 1.00 (Ref.) 0.81 (0.59–1.10) 0.76 (0.55–1.05) 0.81 (0.59–1.12) 0.82 (0.59–1.14) 0.4593
Hypertriglyceridemia
Cases, n 307 304 297 273 297
Model 1 1.00 (Ref.) 0.99 (0.84–1.16) 1.00 (0.85–1.17) 0.88 (0.75–1.03) 0.88 (0.75–1.04) 0.0537
Model 2 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (0.85–1.17) 1.02 (0.87–1.20) 0.90 (0.76–1.07) 0.93 (0.78–1.10) 0.2375
Dyslipidemia
Cases, n 1299 1282 1344 1338 1346
Model 1 1.00 (Ref.) 0.98 (0.91–1.06) 1.06 (0.98–1.15) 1.02 (0.94–1.10) 0.97 (0.90–1.05) 0.4501
Model 2 1.00 (Ref.) 0.98 (0.91–1.06) 1.06 (0.98–1.15) 1.02 (0.94–1.10) 0.98 (0.90–1.06) 0.6362

HEXA-G: Health Examinees Gem; RR (95% CI); Model 1: Adjusted for age (continuous), and BMI (continuous); Model 2: Additionally adjusted for education level (under middle school, high school, or over college), smoking status (never, past, or current smoker), alcohol consumption (non-drinker or current drinker), physical activity (yes or no), energy intake (continuous).