Table 2.
Hazard ratio and 95% Confidence Interval (CI) of meat, fish, and egg on mortality.
| Groups | Participants (N) | Incidence of mortality, per 1,000 person-years (95% CI) | Hazard Ratio (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Model 1* | Model 2** | Model 3*** | |||
| Meat intake | ||||||
| Rarely or never | 1,084 | 65.6 (59.9, 72.0) | Ref. | |||
| Occasionally | 4,616 | 69.1 (57.3, 64.7) | 1.07 (0.96, 1.20) | 1.04 (0.81, 1.16) | 1.02 (0.92, 1.15) | 1.04 (0.93, 1.16) |
| Everyday | 2,806 | 60.9 (65.6, 71.4) | 1.03 (0.92, 1.17) | 1.08 (0.95, 1.22) | 1.08 (0.95, 1.22) | 1.14 (1.01, 1.28) |
| Fish intake | ||||||
| Rarely or never | 1,924 | 71.9 (67.3, 76.9) | Ref. | |||
| Occasionally | 5,299 | 68.5 (65.5, 71.6) | 0.92 (0.84, 1.01) | 0.90 (0.82, 0.99) | 0.91 (0.83, 0.99) | 0.95 (0.87, 1.04) |
| Everyday | 1,283 | 48.5 (44.1, 53.4) | 0.65 (0.57, 0.74) | 0.78 (0.69, 0.89) | 0.78 (0.69, 0.90) | 0.83 (0.73, 0.95) |
| Egg intake | ||||||
| Rarely or never | 1,021 | 60.6 (55.0, 66.8) | Ref. | |||
| Occasionally | 4,120 | 68.7 (65.4, 72.3) | 1.17 (1.05, 1.32) | 1.07 (0.98, 1.16) | 1.09 (0.97, 1.15) | 1.07 (0.99, 1.18) |
| Everyday | 3,365 | 64.2 (60.8, 67.9) | 1.15 (1.03, 1.30) | 0.98 (0.87, 1.10) | 1.03 (0.86, 1.09) | 1.02 (0.90, 1.24) |
Model 1* adjusted for demographic variables: age, sex, education, marital status, ethnicity, living arrangement, residence, and occupation and other nine kind of dietary components; Model 2** added lifestyle variables (tobacco smoking status, alcohol drinking status and current physical activity) and abnormal body weight for adjustment; Model 3*** further adjusted for activity of daily living, leisure activity score, The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score, and eight kinds of self-reported diseases (COPD, tuberculosis, cancer, cataract, glaucoma, diabetes, stroke and cardiovascular disease) based on Model 2.