The Southern European Atlantic Diet and all-cause mortality in older adults

Table 3 Association between adherence to the food components of the Southern European Atlantic Diet (SEAD) and risk of death from any cause (n = 3165)

	Median consumption (g/1000 kcal)
Food component	Women	Men	Deaths	Person-years	Hazard ratio [95% CI]^a
Fresh fish (excluding cod)	26.5	26.3
≤ Median			352	16,004	Ref.
> Median			294	16,154	0.91 [0.75, 1.09]
Cod	0	0
≤ Median			508	24,940	Ref.
> Median			138	7218	0.92 [0.76, 1.13]
Red meat and pork products	24.0	27.3
≤ Median			348	15,949	Ref.
> Median			298	16,209	0.98 [0.80, 1.19]
Dairy products	178	132
≤ Median			282	16,279	Ref.
> Median			365	15,878	1.02 [0.85, 1.23]
Legumes and vegetables	124	119
≤ Median			367	15,836	Ref.
> Median			279	16,322	0.86 [0.72, 1.04]
Vegetable soup	0	0
≤ Median			467	23,620	Ref.
> Median			180	8538	0.97 [0.79, 1.19]
Potatoes	19.9	22.6
≤ Median			325	16,095	Ref.
> Median			321	16,063	0.93 [0.77, 1.11]
Whole-grain bread	0	0
≤ Median			523	23,870	Ref.
> Median			123	8288	0.80 [0.63, 1.02]
Wine (glasses/day)	0	0.42
0 or > 1 glass/day (women), 0 or > 2 glasses/day (men)			385	17,018	Ref.
≥ 0 to 1 glass/day (women), ≥ 0 to 2 glasses/day (men)			261	15,139	0.71 [0.59, 0.86]***

CI confidence interval
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
^aCox proportional hazards model as model 2 in Table 2, adjusted for sex, age (years), educational level (primary or less, secondary, or university), smoking status (never, former, or current), diabetes, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, musculoskeletal disease, cancer, and depression at baseline, and 3-year cumulative leisure-time physical activity (MET-hours/week), sedentary behavior (TV hours/day), body mass index (kg/m²), and energy intake (kcal/day)

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