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. 2020 Dec 31;113(3):675–683. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa348

TABLE 2.

Risk of end-stage kidney disease according to quintiles of dietary pattern scores in the Singapore Chinese Health Study1

Dietary pattern scores, in quintile Median score (range) Cases/person-years Model 1 Model 2
HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
AHEI-2010
 Q1 37.9 (17.0–41.0) 210/196,368 1.00 1.00
 Q2 43.1 (41.1–45.0) 235/199,880 1.08 (0.90, 1.30) 1.01 (0.84, 1.22)
 Q3 46.7 (45.1–48.5) 203/204,598 0.92 (0.76, 1.12) 0.87 (0.71, 1.06)
 Q4 50.4 (48.6–52.7) 194/206,388 0.91 (0.74, 1.11) 0.81 (0.67, 0.99)
 Q5 56.0 (52.8–75.9) 184/211,203 0.87 (0.71, 1.07) 0.75 (0.61, 0.92)
P-trend 0.06 0.001
 Per SD (7.30) 1026/1,018,436 0.95 (0.89, 1.01) 0.90 (0.84, 0.96)
DASH
 Q1 19 (8–20) 220/204,300 1.00 1.00
 Q2 22 (21–23) 274/256,078 0.97 (0.81, 1.16) 0.92 (0.77, 1.10)
 Q3 24 (24–25) 203/180,854 1.04 (0.86, 1.26) 0.96 (0.79, 1.17)
 Q4 27 (26–28) 197/211,957 0.87 (0.71, 1.06) 0.81 (0.66, 0.98)
 Q5 30 (29–39) 132/165,248 0.77 (0.62, 0.97) 0.67 (0.54, 0.84)
P-trend 0.01 <0.001
 Per SD (4.31) 1026/1,018,436 0.92 (0.86, 0.98) 0.88 (0.83, 0.94)
aMED
 Q1 2 (0–2) 232/203,014 1.00 1.00
 Q2 3 (3–3) 220/197,140 1.02 (0.85, 1.23) 0.97 (0.81, 1.17)
 Q3 4 (4–4) 225/215,883 1.00 (0.83, 1.21) 0.93 (0.77, 1.12)
 Q4 5 (5–5) 185/196,242 0.95 (0.78, 1.16) 0.85 (0.69, 1.04)
 Q5 6 (6–8) 164/206,156 0.85 (0.69, 1.06) 0.73 (0.59, 0.91)
P-trend 0.14 0.004
 Per SD (1.68) 1026/1,018,436 0.95 (0.89, 1.02) 0.90 (0.84, 0.97)

1Model 1 was adjusted for age at recruitment (y), sex (male, female), dialect (Cantonese, Hokkien), education level (no formal education, primary school, secondary school or higher), year of interview (1993–1995, 1996–1998), BMI (kg/m2), hours per week of moderate activity (<0.5 h, 0.5–2 h, 2–4 h, 4–7 h, ≥7 h), smoking status (never, ever smoked ≤ 19 cigarettes/d, ever smoked 20–39 cigarettes/d, and ever smoked ≥ 40 cigarettes/d), total energy intake (kcal/d), coffee consumption (none to <1 cup/d, 1 cup/d, ≥2 cups/d), incense use (current, noncurrent), sleep duration (≤5 h, 6 h, 7 h, 8 h, ≥9 h), and alcohol use (none, monthly to weekly, 1 drink/d, ≥2 drinks/d). Model 2 was adjusted for the variables listed in Model 1 + self-reported history of physician-diagnosed hypertension and diabetes. AHEI-2010, Alternate Healthy Eating Index-2010; aMED, alternate Mediterranean diet; DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; Q, quintile.