Table 2

Association of the consumption of food and beverages with mortality from cancer, ischaemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus in Serbia, 1991–2010; multivariate linear regression analysis

Food and beverages (items)
PositiveNegative
MortalityItemsβ95% CIp ValueItemsβ95% CIp Value
Cancer
Poultry+1.13(0.62 to 1.65)<0.001Beef−1.42(−1.93 to −0.92)<0.001
Milk+0.10(0.02 to 0.17)0.016Vegetable oil−1.34(−2.21 to −0.48)0.005
Other dairy products+0.45(0.30 to 0.60)<0.001Grains−0.13(−0.21 to −0.06)0.002
Ischaemic heart disease
Beer+1.36(0.72 to 2.00)<0.001Vegetable oil−4.82(−7.20 to −2.45)0.001
Other dairy products+0.49(0.05 to 0.92)0.032Cheese−2.50(−4.41 to −0.59)0.014
 Grains−0.25(−0.47 to −0.04)0.021
Diabetes mellitus
Poultry+0.61(0.33 to 0.90)<0.001
  • β, unstandardised coefficient.