TABLE 2.

Associations of full-fat or low-fat dairy food intake with incident diabetes among participants in the Strong Heart Family Study¹

	Tertile 1	Tertile 2	Tertile 3	P-trend
Full-fat dairy food intake, serving/1000 kcal2	<0.05	0.05 to <0.18	≥0.18
Median intake (IQR)	0.02 (0.00, 0.03)	0.11 (0.08, 0.14)	0.34 (0.25, 0.51)
No. of cases	103	93	81
Total no. at risk	541	541	541
Median follow-up time, y	12.6	12.6	12.5
Minimally adjusted3	1.0	0.88 (0.63, 1.24)	0.79 (0.61, 1.03)	0.09
Multivariate4	1.0	0.88 (0.63, 1.23)	0.79 (0.59, 1.06)	0.03
BMI5	1.0	0.90 (0.64, 1.27)	0.83 (0.60, 1.15)	0.08
Low-fat dairy food intake, serving/1000 kcal6	0	0 to <0.13	≥0.13
Median intake (IQR)	0 (0, 0)	0.04 (0.02, 0.08)	0.40 (0.24, 0.70)
No. of cases	105	78	94
Total no. at risk	646	436	541
Median follow-up time, y	12.7	12.5	12.6
Minimally adjusted3	1.0	1.06 (0.79, 1.42)	1.07 (0.82, 1.40)	0.61
Multivariate7	1.0	0.98 (0.70, 1.36)	1.02 (0.74, 1.42)	0.88
BMI5	1.0	0.93 (0.70, 1.25)	0.91 (0.67, 1.23)	0.52

¹Values are servings/1000 kcal, median (IQR), n, y, or HR (95% CI).

²Full-fat dairy food group consisted of whole milk, and cheese and cheese spreads with 1 serving = 250 mL (8 ozs) of milk or 42.5 g (1.5 ozs) of cheese or cheese spread.

³Adjusted for age, sex, site, and total caloric intake.

⁴Additionally adjusted for education, physical activity, smoking status, diet quality (alternative healthy eating index), low-fat dairy food intake.

⁵Additionally adjusted for BMI.

⁶Low-fat dairy food group consisted of 2% milk, 1% milk, nonfat milk, and low-fat cheese and cheese spreads with 1 serving = 250 mL (8 ozs) of milk or 42.5 g (1.5 ozs) of cheese or cheese spread.

⁷Additionally adjusted for education, physical activity, smoking status, diet quality (alternative healthy eating index), full-fat dairy food intake.