Table 4.

Multivariable-adjusted odds ratios for endoscopic gastric mucosal atrophy across tertiles of dietary patterns’ scores.

	Cases/non-casesa	Model 1	p for trend	Model 2	p for trend	Model 3	p for trend
Alcohol and fish			0.02		0.041		0.040
Tertile 1 (low)	91/100	Reference		Reference		Reference
Tertile 2	87/103	0.95 (0.61–1.48)		0.98 (0.62–1.56)		1.04 (0.64–1.68)
Tertile 3 (high)	108/85	1.78 (1.11–2.86)*		1.83 (1.07–3.13)*		1.85 (1.06–3.22)*
Traditional			0.404		0.62		0.969
Tertile 1 (low)	98/92	Reference		Reference		Reference
Tertile 2	93/99	1.09 (0.69–1.70)		1.12 (0.70–1.77)		1.16 (0.72–1.87)
Tertile 3 (high)	95/97	1.23 (0.76–1.99)		1.14 (0.68–1.89)		1.00 (0.59–1.70)
Coarse cereals			0.004		0.001		0.005
Tertile 1 (low)	87/104	Reference		Reference		Reference
Tertile 2	96/94	1.44 (0.93–2.25)		1.54 (0.97–2.45)		1.55 (0.96–2.50)
Tertile 3 (high)	103/90	1.95 (1.24–3.07)*		2.22 (1.37–3.60)*		2.05 (1.24–3.39)*

^aCases with gastric mucosal atrophy/non-cases in tertiles.

Model 1: adjusted for age and gender.

Model 2: further adjusted for year of education, residence, marital status, occupation, income, BMI (body mass index), smoking and drinking.

Model 3: further adjusted for H. pylori infection, history of diabetes, history of hypertension, history of taking anticoagulants and total energy intake.

*p < 0.05.