Fig. 2: Alternate Mediterranean Diet (aMed) score distribution and adjusted hazard ratios for incident diabetes in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.

The solid line indicates the hazard ratio for incident diabetes estimated via a Cox regression model with Alternate Mediterranean Diet scores modeled continuously as a linear spline with a knot at a score of 2 points, adjusted for total energy intake, age, sex, race and study center, and education level. The dashed lines indicate the 95% confidence interval. The grey bars represent the number of participants with each alternate Mediterranean diet score.