Table 4 Data for mortality risks according to total land use of usual diet in EPIC-NL

All-cause mortality

  No. of participants

8769

8771

8770

8769

  No. of deaths

741

669

595

558

  Person-years, median

15.8

15.9

15.8

16.0

  Crude HR^a (95% CI)

1 (REF)

0.89 (0.80-0.99)

0.79 (0.71-0.88)

0.74 (0.66-0.82)

P < 0.0001^d

  Model 1^b HR

1

0.99 (0.86-1.15)

0.99 (0.85-1.14)

1.05 (0.89-1.23)

P = 0.6190

  Model 2^b,c HR

1

0.99 (0.85-1.14)

0.97 (0.82-1.15)

1.03 (0.84-1.25)

P = 0.8534

Cancer

  No. of deaths

326

317

282

268

  Crude HR^a (95% CI)

1 (REF)

0.97 (0.83-1.13)

0.86 (0.73-1.01)

0.82 (0.69-0.96)

P = 0.0057^d

  Model 1^b HR

1

1.05 (0.86-1.29)

0.99 (0.80-1.22)

1.10 (0.88-1.37)

P = 0.5291

CVD

  No. of deaths

164

151

112

118

  Crude HR^a (95% CI)

1 (REF)

0.91 (0.73-1.14)

0.68 (0.53-0.86)

0.71 (0.56-0.90)

P = 0.0010^d

  Model 1^b HR

1

1.03 (0.75-1.41)

0.97 (0.68-1.37)

1.07 (0.75-1.54)

P = 0.7666

Respiratory diseases

  No. of deaths

44

30

34

29

  Crude HR^a (95% CI)

1 (REF)

0.68 (0.42-1.07)

0.77 (0.49-1.20)

0.65 (0.41-1.04)

P = 0.1086

  Model 1^b HR

1

0.81 (0.42-1.56)

0.97 (0.49-1.90)

1.19 (0.58-2.46)

P = 0.5950

Other causes

  No. of deaths

162

133

122

112

  Crude HR^a (95% CI)

1 (REF)

0.81 (0.65-1.02)

0.75 (0.59-0.95)

0.68 (0.54-0.87)

P = 0.0016^d

  Model 1^b HR

1

0.83 (0.60-1.16)

0.98 (0.70-1.36)

0.88 (0.61-1.27)

P = 0.6518