Mediterranean diet lowers risk of new-onset diabetes: a nationwide cohort study in China

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 The association between MDA and new-onset diabetes

	No. of case	Person-years	Model 1 HR (95%CI)	*P value*	Model 2 HR (95%CI)	*P value*
Continuous (per score increment)	445	114184	0.91 (0.84,0.98)	0.009	0.83 (0.76,0.90)	<0.001
Quartile
Q1(<3)	171	36798	Ref		Ref
Q2(3)	126	35528	0.81 (0.64,1.02)	0.070	0.69 (0.54,0.89)	0.004
Q3(4)	102	26409	0.89 (0.70,1.14)	0.371	0.65 (0.50,0.86)	0.002
Q4(>4)	46	15449	0.65 (0.47,0.90)	0.010	0.48 (0.34,0.69)	<0.001
P for trend				0.023		<0.001
Categories
MDA (below median)	297	72326	Ref		Ref
MDA (median)	102	26409	0.99 (0.79,1.24)	0.906	0.79 (0.62,1.01)	0.059
MDA (above median)	46	15449	0.72 (0.52,0.98)	0.037	0.59 (0.42,0.82)	0.002

Model 1: Adjusted for age, and sex
Model 2: Adjusted for age, sex, BMI, occupations, education level, region, smoking status, urban or rural residents, income, physical activity (low, moderate, high) at baseline, as well as cumulative average total energy intake
CI Confidence interval, HR Hazard ratio, MDA Mediterranean diet adherence

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