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. 2022 Sep 21;14(19):3915. doi: 10.3390/nu14193915

Table 2.

Prospective association of quartile (Q) of food groups with an all-cause mortality risk selected by elastic net regression among participants in the Mr. OS and Ms. OS Study.

Foods (g/Day) HR (95% CI) p-Value for Trend
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Dark green and leafy vegetables
Overall 1.00 0.87 (0.75, 1.01) 0.84 (0.72, 0.97) 0.82 (0.70, 0.96) 0.049
Men 1.00 0.84 (0.70, 1.01) 0.83 (0.69, 1.01) 0.82 (0.67, 0.99) 0.256
Women 1.00 0.93 (0.73, 1.18) 0.82 (0.64, 1.05) 0.83 (0.65, 1.08) 0.144
Dim sum #
Overall 1.00 0.81 (0.69, 0.94) 0.88 (0.76, 1.03) 0.88 (0.75, 1.03) 0.414
Men 1.00 0.76 (0.62, 0.94) 0.78 (0.63, 0.96) 0.88 (0.73, 1.07) 0.161
Women 1.00 0.87 (0.69, 1.08) 1.05 (0.84, 1.32) 0.76 (0.56, 1.03) 0.081
Fruit
Overall 1.00 0.93 (0.80, 1.08) 0.90 (0.77, 1.04) 0.79 (0.68, 0.93) 0.006
Men 1.00 0.95 (0.78, 1.15) 0.91 (0.75, 1.11) 0.79 (0.65, 0.96) 0.388
Women 1.00 0.89 (0.71, 1.13) 0.86 (0.68, 1.09) 0.84 (0.63, 1.10) 0.008
Legumes
Overall 1.00 1.01 (0.87, 1.16) 0.79 (0.68, 0.92) 0.75 (0.63, 0.87) 0.052
Men 1.00 0.97 (0.80, 1.16) 0.77 (0.64, 0.94) 0.80 (0.65, 0.98) 0.023
Women 1.00 1.10 (0.88, 1.38) 0.84 (0.66, 1.07) 0.65 (0.50, 0.86) 0.626
Milk and milk products—high fat
Overall 1.00 0.99 (0.84, 1.17) 0.93 (0.79, 1.09) 1.01 (0.86, 1.19) 0.107
Men 1.00 0.96 (0.76, 1.19) 0.89 (0.71, 1.11) 0.94 (0.75, 1.18) 0.852
Women 1.00 0.98 (0.76, 1.27) 0.98 (0.77, 1.24) 1.08 (0.85, 1.38) 0.129
Mushroom and fungi
Overall 1.00 0.84 (0.72, 0.97) 0.75 (0.65, 0.87) 0.76 (0.65, 0.88) 0.023
Men 1.00 0.83 (0.69, 1.00) 0.72 (0.60, 0.87) 0.69 (0.57, 0.84) 0.553
Women 1.00 0.82 (0.65, 1.03) 0.78 (0.61, 0.99) 0.87 (0.67, 1.13) 0.023
Refined grains
Overall 1.00 1.06 (0.90, 1.24) 1.05 (0.89, 1.24) 1.13 (0.95, 1.34) 0.088
Men 1.00 1.00 (0.80, 1.25) 1.02 (0.82, 1.28) 1.15 (0.92, 1.44) 0.393
Women 1.00 1.10 (0.88, 1.37) 1.07 (0.84, 1.36) 0.95 (0.70, 1.31) 0.012
Soy and soy products
Overall 1.00 0.89 (0.77, 1.02) 0.79 (0.68, 0.92) 0.77 (0.66, 0.90) 0.143
Men 1.00 0.90 (0.74, 1.08) 0.76 (0.63, 0.93) 0.79 (0.65, 0.96) 0.073
Women 1.00 0.86 (0.69, 1.09) 0.87 (0.68, 1.10) 0.75 (0.57, 0.99) 0.590
Tea
Overall 1.00 0.99 (0.85, 1.16) 1.03 (0.89, 1.21) 1.01 (0.87, 1.19) 0.760
Men 1.00 1.02 (0.82, 1.27) 1.16 (0.94, 1.44) 1.00 (0.81, 1.23) 0.554
Women 1.00 0.94 (0.75, 1.18) 0.88 (0.69, 1.11) 1.20 (0.92, 1.58) 0.965
Whole grains
Overall 1.00 0.91 (0.79, 1.06) 0.85 (0.73, 0.98) 0.76 (0.65, 0.89) 0.008
Men 1.00 0.92 (0.77, 1.10) 0.82 (0.68, 1.00) 0.79 (0.64, 0.98) 0.059
Women 1.00 0.89 (0.68, 1.16) 0.87 (0.68, 1.11) 0.72 (0.56, 0.92) 0.058

Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval. p < 0.05. # Dim sum is a range of small Chinese dishes that are usually consumed in traditional Chinese restaurants. The Cox regression model was adjusted for sex, age, dietary energy, body mass index, physical activity, systolic blood pressure, and medical history (diabetes, hypertension, stroke, heart attack, angina, congestive heart failure or cancer), smoking habits, alcohol drinking, and education level.