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Table 3 Adjusted RR (95% CI) for depressive symptoms with egg consumption, stratified by frequency of other food intakes

From: Egg consumption reduces the risk of depressive symptoms in the elderly: findings from a 6-year cohort study

Subgroups

Total

Cases

Egg consumption

None or not weekly

< 3 eggs/week

≥3 eggs/week

Vegetable intake

  < 7 days/week

1617

301

1.00 (Ref)

0.59 (0.44–0.78)

0.73 (0.52–1.00)

  ≥ 7 days/week

6667

1081

1.00 (Ref)

0.77 (0.67–0.88)

0.62 (0.53–0.71)

 P for interaction

0.10

    

Fruit intake

     

  < 3 days/week

5027

928

1.00 (Ref)

0.71 (0.61–0.82)

0.66 (0.56–0.78)

  ≥ 3 days/week

3257

454

1.00 (Ref)

0.68 (0.54–0.86)

0.55 (0.45–0.69)

 P for interaction

0.16

    

Red meat intake

  < 3 days/week

4141

766

1.00 (Ref)

0.74 (0.63–0.86)

0.55 (0.45–0.66)

  ≥ 3 days/week

4143

616

1.00 (Ref)

0.63 (0.51–0.77)

0.66 (0.55–0.79)

 P for interaction

0.16

    

Fish intake

  < 3 days/week

5070

665

1.00 (Ref)

0.92 (0.77–1.10)

0.82 (0.68–0.99)

  ≥ 3 days/week

3214

717

1.00 (Ref)

0.60 (0.51–0.72)

0.54 (0.45–0.66)

 P for interaction

< 0.01

    
  1. Abbreviations: RR Relative risk, CI Confidence interval, Ref Reference
  2. Adjusted for all same covariates included in model 4 (see Table 2), except the variable for stratification