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Table 2 Odds ratios of prevalent hypothyroidism (n = 27,782) across diet groups in 494,144 UK-Biobank participants

From: Risk of hypothyroidism in meat-eaters, fish-eaters, and vegetarians: a population-based prospective study

 

Model 1

Model 2

Diet group

OR 95% CI

p-value

OR 95% CI

p-value

High meat eaters

Ref

Ref

Low meat eaters

1.01 (0.98–1.04)

0.50

1.05 (1.03–1.08)

 < 0.001

Poultry eaters

1.04 (0.93–1.15)

0.50

1.15 (1.04–1.28)

0.007

Pescatarians

0.98 (0.90–1.06)

0.60

1.10 (1.01–1.19)

0.022

Vegetarians

1.15 (1.05–1.26)

0.002

1.26 (1.15–1.38)

 < 0.001

Vegans

0.97 (0.61–1.46)

0.9

1.15 (0.72–1.74)

0.5

  1. Model 1 adjusted for sex, age income, education, and thyroid impairing medication. Model 2 adjusted for sex, age income, education, body mass index (BMI) and thyroid impairing medication
  2. OR odds ratio, 95% CI, confidence interval
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