Table 3 Risk of hip fracture in occasional meat-eaters, pescatarians, and vegetarians compared to regular meat-eaters in UK Biobank participants, stratified by age, sex, and body mass index

Age

 < 60 years

 ≥ 60 years

 Regular meat-eaters (reference)

514/152,486

1.00

1531/106,279

1.00

 Occasional meat-eaters

317/75,670

1.03 (0.89, 1.18)

993/62,284

0.98 (0.91, 1.07)

 Pescatarians

31/6747

1.15 (0.80, 1.65)

47/2810

1.04 (0.77, 1.39)

 Vegetarians

32/5770

1.58 (1.10, 2.26)

38/1868

1.45 (1.04, 2.00)

0.9

Sex

Male

Female

 Regular meat-eaters (reference)

883/139,354

1.00

1162/199,411

1.00

 Occasional meat-eaters

381/54,842

0.98 (0.87, 1.10)

929/83,112

1.00 (0.92, 1.09)

 Pescatarians

19/2811

1.29 (0.82, 2.03)

59/6746

1.02 (0.79, 1.33)

 Vegetarians

24/2681

2.04 (1.36, 3.08)

46/4957

1.32 (0.98, 1.78)

0.3

BMI

BMI ≤ 22.5

BMI > 22.5

 Regular meat-eaters (reference)

343/25,794

1.00

1702/232,971

1.00

 Occasional meat-eaters

279/21,297

0.86 (0.74, 1.01)

1031/116,657

1.06 (0.98, 1.15)

 Pescatarians

27/2564

0.90 (0.61, 1.33)

51/6993

1.22 (0.92, 1.61)

 Vegetarians

31/1925

1.61 (1.12, 2.34)

39/5713

1.42 (1.03, 1.96)

0.08