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Fig. 3

From: Meat consumption and risk of 25 common conditions: outcome-wide analyses in 475,000 men and women in the UK Biobank study

Fig. 3

Risk of 25 common conditions per 20 grams/day (g/d) higher daily intake of processed meat. Stratified for sex, age group, and region and adjusted for age (underlying time variable), race (4 groups where possible: White, Asian or Asian British, Black or Black British, mixed race or others, unknown), deprivation (Townsend index quintiles, unknown), qualification (college or university degree/vocational qualification, national examination at ages 17–18, national examination at age 16, others/unknown), employment (in paid employment, receiving pension, not in paid employment, unknown), smoking (never, former, current < 15 cigarettes/day, current > 15 cigarettes/day, current unknown amount of cigarettes/day, unknown), physical activity (< 10 excess METs per/week, 10 to < 50 excess METs per/week, ≥ 50 excess METs per/week, unknown), alcohol intake (none, < 1 g/day, 1 to < 10 g/day, 10 to < 20 g/day, ≥ 20 g/day, unknown), total fruit and vegetable intake (< 3 servings/day, 3 to < 4 servings/day, 4 to < 6 servings/day, ≥ 6 servings/day, unknown), cereal fibre score (sex-specific quintiles, unknown), oily fish intake (0 time/week, < 1 time/week, 1 time/week, > 2 times/week, unknown), non-oily fish intake (< 1 time/week, 1 time/week, > 2 times/week, unknown), BMI (sex-specific quintiles, unknown), in women: menopausal status (pre-, postmenopausal, unknown), HRT (never, past, current, unknown), OCP use (never, past, current, unknown), and parity (nulliparous, 1–2, ≥ 3, unknown). BMI body mass index, HRT hormone replacement therapy, OCP oral contraceptive pill, GERD Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. P trend in bold indicates P value robust to Bonferroni correction (P < 0.002)

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