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Table 4 The association between overall dietary risk scores and frailty, stratified by sex

From: Sex differences in dietary consumption and its association with frailty among middle-aged and older Australians: a 10-year longitudinal survey

Long-term overall dietary grouping

Relative Risk Ratio (RRR)

Crude model

Adjusted modela

Healthy

Pre-frail

Frail

Pre-frail

Frail

Males

 +, + (N = 8343)

1

1

1

1

1

 -, − (N = 27,675)

1

0.96 (0.91; 1.01)

0.89 (0.78; 1.02)

1.02 (0.96; 1.08)

0.93 (0.79; 1.08)

 +, − (N = 7327)

1

1.01 (0.95; 1.09)

1.00 (0.84; 1.18)

1.02 (0.95; 1.11)

0.92 (0.76; 1.12)

 -, + (N = 9030)

1

1.04 (0.98; 1.11)

1.11 (0.95; 1.29)

1.05 (0.98; 1.13)

1.11 (0.93; 1.33)

Females

 +, + (N = 16,366)

1

1

1

1

1

 -, − (N = 23,233)

1

1.03 (0.99; 1.08)

1.24 (1.12; 1.37)

1.06 (1.01; 1.11)

1.32 (1.18; 1.49)

 +, − (N = 10,681)

1

1.06 (1.01; 1.12)

1.31 (1.17; 1.47)

1.04 (0.99; 1.11)

1.28 (1.12; 1.47)

 -, + (N = 10,384)

1

1.05 (1.00; 1.11)

1.18 (1.05; 1.33)

1.04 (0.98; 1.10)

1.19 (1.04; 1.37)

  1. aafter adjustment of socioeconomic factors and health behaviour factors