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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Clin Nutr. 2010 Mar 24;64(6):587–594. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.50

Table 3.

Marine omega-3 intake and incidence of heart failure hospitalization or mortality1

Model 12
 Model 23
Marine omega-3 fatty acids Median, g/day Range, g/day Cases Person-years RR 95% CI RR 95% CI
Quintile 1 0.14 0.01–0.19 168 61 959 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
Quintile 2 0.23 0.20–0.27 123 62 897 0.87 0.69, 1.10 0.85 0.67, 1.07
Quintile 3 0.30 0.28–0.33 99 63 153 0.80 0.62, 1.02 0.79 0.61, 1.02
Quintile 4 0.38 0.34–0.45 120 63 064 0.84 0.67, 1.07 0.83 0.65, 1.06
Quintile 5 0.57 0.46–7.15 141 62 146 0.77 0.61, 0.96 0.75 0.58, 0.96
P for linear trend 0.03 0.04
1

RR, incidence rate ratio; CI, confidence interval

2

Cox proportional hazards model accounting for age.

3

Cox proportional hazards model accounting for age and additionally adjusted for education (less than high school, high school, university), body mass index (linear term), physical activity (linear term), cigarette smoking (current, past, never), living alone (yes, no), postmenopausal hormone use (yes, no), total energy intake (linear term), alcohol intake (linear term), fiber intake (linear term), sodium intake (linear term), intake of red or processed meat (linear term), family history of myocardial infarction before 60 years (yes, no), self-reported history of hypertension (yes, no), self-reported history of high cholesterol (yes, no)