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. 2021 Apr 27;60(7):3927–3934. doi: 10.1007/s00394-021-02569-1

Table 2.

Risk of type 2 diabetes in quartiles of the healthy Nordic diet score

Quartile of the healthy Nordic diet score (score) P for trend Hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) for one unit decrease in the score
1 (≤ 9)
(n = 664)
2 (10–12)
(n = 438)
3 (13–14)
(n = 607)
4 (≥ 15)
(n = 623)
Number of events (% of subjects) 136 (20.5) 80 (18.3) 114 (18.8) 102 (17.3)
Incidence rate/1000 person-years 11.11 9.54 9.44 8.35
Model 1 1.48 (1.14–1.92) 1.22 (0.91–1.63) 1.17 (0.90–1.54) 1 0.003 1.039 (1.015–1.062)
Model 2 1.35 (1.03–1.76) 1.21 (0.90–1.63) 1.15 (0.88–1.51) 1 0.028 1.030 (1.005–1.055)

Model 1 is adjusted for age (years), examination year and energy intake (kcal/day)

Model 2 is adjusted for Model 1 plus smoking (never smoker, previous smoker, current smoker < 20 cigarettes/day and current smoker ≥ 20 cigarettes/day), body mass index (kg/m2), leisure-time physical activity (kcal/day), education (years), marital status (married vs other), income (euros/year), and family history of diabetes (yes/no)