Table 2.

Multivariable-adjusted^a hazard ratios (HRs), and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of all-cause mortality for nine individual dietary components among 35 927 Chinese adults aged 80 years or older

	Men		Women		Total
	(N = 13 919)		(N = 22 008)		(N = 35 927)
	HRs	95% CI	HRs	95% CI	HRs	95% CI
Fruit
Rarely or never	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Occasionally	0.95	0.90, 0.99	0.96	0.92, 0.99	0.95	0.93, 0.98
Always	0.86	0.81, 0.90	0.91	0.88, 0.95	0.89	0.86, 0.92
Vegetable
Rarely or never	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Occasionally	0.77	0.69, 0.85	0.95	0.88, 1.03	0.88	0.83, 0.94
Always	0.71	0.65, 0.78	0.84	0.79, 0.90	0.79	0.75, 0.84
Fish
Rarely or never	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Occasionally	0.92	0.88, 0.97	0.96	0.93, 1.00	0.95	0.92, 0.98
Always	0.87	0.82, 0.93	0.93	0.89, 0.98	0.91	0.87, 0.95
Egg
Rarely or never	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Occasionally	0.91	0.86, 0.97	0.98	0.94, 1.03	0.96	0.92, 0.99
Always	0.90	0.84, 0.96	0.98	0.93, 1.03	0.95	0.91, 0.99
Bean product
Rarely or never	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Occasionally	0.89	0.84, 0.95	0.97	0.93, 1.02	0.94	0.91, 0.98
Always	0.89	0.83, 0.94	0.96	0.91, 1.01	0.93	0.90, 0.97
Salt-preserved vegetable
Always	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Occasionally	0.93	0.88, 0.97	0.96	0.93, 0.99	0.95	0.92, 0.97
Rarely or never	0.92	0.87, 0.97	0.94	0.90, 0.98	0.93	0.90, 0.96
Sugar
Always	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Occasionally	0.97	0.93, 1.02	1.00	0.96, 1.04	0.99	0.96, 1.02
Rarely or never	1.05	0.99, 1.10	1.06	1.01, 1.10	1.06	1.02, 1.09
Tea
Rarely or never	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Occasionally	0.92	0.87, 0.97	0.93	0.89, 0.97	0.93	0.90, 0.96
Always	0.88	0.84, 0.92	0.94	0.90, 0.98	0.91	0.88, 0.94
Garlic
Rarely or never	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Occasionally	0.87	0.84, 0.91	0.91	0.88, 0.95	0.90	0.88, 0.92
Always	0.85	0.80, 0.90	0.89	0.85, 0.94	0.88	0.84, 0.91

^aAdjusted for age, sex (men or women), ethnicity (Han or the minority), marital status (currently married and living with spouse, or separated/divorced/never married/widowed), years of education (0, 1–5, or ≥ 6), residence (urban or rural areas), occupation before age 60 (manual or non-manual), co-residence (with household member, alone, or in an institution), smoking status (never smoked, former smoker or current smoker), drinking status (Never/former, light, or heavily drinking), and current physical activity (Yes or no); For men and women, adjusted for all variables except sex