Table 3

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

	Food and beverages (items)
	Men				Women
Mortality	Positive	p Value	Negative	p Value	Positive	p Value	Negative	p Value
Cancer
	Animal fat	<0.001	Beef	0.002	Poultry	0.048	Beef	<0.001
	Eggs	<0.001	Cheese	<0.001	Milk	0.003	Grains	0.014
	Other dairy products	<0.001	Grains	<0.001	Other dairy products	<0.001
Ischaemic heart disease
	Beer	0.018	Vegetable oil	<0.001	Beer	<0.001	Vegetable oil	0.001
							Cheese	0.003
Diabetes mellitus
	Poultry	0.014			Animal fat	0.003
					Poultry	0.004
					Other dairy products	0.046