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. 2019 Sep 12;110(6):1306–1315. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz208

TABLE 2.

Regression coefficients (β) for CIR and NIR in plasma, RBC, and hair compartments for multivariate (all dietary factors) regression models

CIR (as δ13C values) NIR (as δ15N values)
Diet β 95% CI P value1 β 95% CI P value1
Plasma2
 Fish −0.04 (−0.20, 0.12) 0.602 0.85 (0.64, 1.05) <0.001
 Meat 0.89 (0.73, 1.05) <0.001 0.61 (0.42, 0.81) <0.001
  SSBs 0.48 (0.32, 0.64) <0.001 0.13 (−0.08, 0.34) 0.206
 Baseline 0.27 (0.14, 0.40) <0.001 0.25 (−0.17, 0.66) 0.236
RBC2
 Fish 0.08 (−0.07, 0.22) 0.307 0.46 (0.29, 0.62) <0.001
 Meat 0.57 (0.42, 0.72) <0.001 0.43 (0.26, 0.59) <0.001
  SSBs 0.33 (0.18, 0.47) <0.001 −0.08 (−0.24, 0.09) 0.340
 Baseline 0.53 (0.42, 0.65) <0.001 0.62 (0.40, 0.85) <0.001
Hair3
 Fish −0.03 (−0.39, 0.32) 0.841 0.66 (0.40, 0.93) <0.001
 Meat 0.75 (0.41, 1.10) <0.001 0.80 (0.53, 1.06) <0.001
  SSBs 0.53 (0.17, 0.90) 0.006 0.01 (−0.25, 0.27) 0.931
 Baseline 0.25 (0.02, 0.49) 0.038 0.41 (0.03, 0.78) 0.034
1

P values calculated using a Wald test for Inline graphic.

2

n = 32 for plasma and RBC models.

3

n= 29 for hair models. Analyses used the 0.3 cm of hair most proximal to the scalp.