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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
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