Table 4 Sex-specific multivariable hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) of mortality from ischemic heart disease according to quintiles of total meat consumption stratified by body mass index (BMI)
From: Meat consumption in relation to mortality from cardiovascular disease among Japanese men and women
Quintile of total meat consumption | P for trenda | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 (low) | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 (high) | ||
reference | HR 95% CI | HR 95% CI | HR 95% CI | HR 95% CI | ||
Men | ||||||
BMI <25 kg/m2 | ||||||
Person-years | 50 578 | 52 764 | 52 929 | 53 123 | 51 803 | |
No. of subjects | 3339 | 3384 | 3360 | 3379 | 3389 | |
No. of cases | 49 | 56 | 51 | 36 | 40 | |
Multivariable HRb | 1.00 | 1.23 (0.83–1.82) | 1.12 (0.75–1.68) | 0.78 (0.50–1.21) | 0.75 (0.48–1.18) | 0.048 |
BMI ⩾25 kg/m2 | ||||||
Person-years | 12 082 | 11 543 | 11 832 | 11 282 | 11 151 | |
No. of subjects | 754 | 709 | 734 | 714 | 704 | |
No. of cases | 25 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 10 | |
Multivariable HRb | 1.00 | 0.39 (0.18–0.86) | 0.52 (0.25–1.09) | 0.61 (0.30–1.25) | 0.36 (0.15–0.83) | 0.043 |
Women | ||||||
BMI <25 kg/m2 | ||||||
Person-years | 76 124 | 78 615 | 79 825 | 80 296 | 79 673 | |
No. of subjects | 4826 | 4905 | 4953 | 4990 | 4965 | |
No. of cases | 56 | 35 | 33 | 29 | 25 | |
Multivariable HRb | 1.00 | 0.99 (0.64–1.53) | 1.07 (0.68–1.67) | 0.98 (0.61–1.57) | 0.87 (0.52–1.45) | 0.623 |
BMI ⩾25 kg/m2 | ||||||
Person-years | 22 733 | 21 577 | 21 093 | 20 293 | 20 761 | |
No. of subjects | 1417 | 1339 | 1290 | 1254 | 1278 | |
No. of cases | 17 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 20 | |
Multivariable HRb | 1.00 | 0.64 (0.27–1.47) | 0.58 (0.22–1.53) | 0.53 (0.20–1.40) | 2.04 (0.98–4.26) | 0.040 |
