Risk of hip fracture in meat-eaters, pescatarians, and vegetarians: results from the UK Women’s Cohort Study

Table 2 Risk of hip fracture in occasional meat-eaters, pescatarians, and vegetarians compared to regular meat-eaters by BMI in the UKWCS

Stratifying variable	n cases/participants, adjusted HR (95% CI)
BMI		< 23.5 kg/m²		≥ 23.5 kg/m²	p interaction
Regular meat-eaters (reference)	161/4927	1.00	233/7294	1.00
Occasional meat-eaters	123/3554	0.96 (0.75, 1.21)	124/3348	1.05 (0.84, 1.31)
Pescatarians	50/2075	0.90 (0.65, 1.25)	30/1302	1.06 (0.71, 1.60)
Vegetarians	72/2338	1.49 (1.10, 2.03)	29/1480	1.02 (0.66, 1.58)	0.3

Models were adjusted for the following (all at recruitment): ethnicity (white, Asian, black, others); socio-economic status (SES, professional/managerial, intermediate, routine/manual); marital status (married/living as married, separated/divorced, single/widowed); menopausal status (premenopausal, postmenopausal); number of children (continuous); prevalence of cardiovascular disease, cancer, or diabetes (yes, no); physical activity in hours per day (continuous); smoking status (current, former, never); alcohol consumption (> 1/week, ≤ 1/week, never); BMI (continuous), and any nutritional supplement use (yes, no)
HR (95% CI) hazard ratio (95% confidence interval), BMI body mass index

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