Table 3 Hazard ratios for all cancers associated with categories of the Mediterranean diet score

From: Mediterranean dietary pattern and cancer risk in the EPIC cohort

Score

Cohort members

Cases

HR a (95% CI)

Both sexes

 0–3

154 052

10 349

1.00

 4

105 936

6849

0.96 (0.93–0.99)

 5

99 672

6225

0.92 (0.89–0.95)

 6–9

118 818

7308

0.93 (0.90–0.96)

  

P for trend=0.00001

Men

 0–3

43 161

3044

1.00

 4

30 770

2121

0.99 (0.93–1.04)

 5

29 766

2049

0.97 (0.92–1.03)

 6–9

38 908

2455

0.93 (0.88–0.99)

  

P for trend=0.02

Women

 0–3

110 891

7305

1.00

 4

75 166

4728

0.95 (0.91–0.98)

 5

69 906

4176

0.90 (0.87–0.94)

 6–9

79 910

4853

0.93 (0.89–0.96)

  

P for trend=0.0001

  1. Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; HR=hazard ratio.
  2. aStratified by centre and sex, and adjusted for smoking status, duration of smoking, education, height, body mass index, total energy intake, physical activity and, for women, age at menarche, parity, menopausal status, oral contraceptive and hormone therapy use.
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