Table 3 Adjusted Associations of Recalled Childhood Meat Eating with Inflammatory Markers in 9,867 Older Chinese Men (2,498) and Women (7,369) in Phase 3 of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (2006-8).
From: Childhood meat eating and inflammatory markers: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study
Mean and (standard deviation) | Recalled childhood meat eating | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
sex | Model † | <1/week | About once a week | Almost daily | ||||
β | 95% CI | β | 95% CI | |||||
White blood cell count (109/L) | men | 6.8 (1.72) | 1 | reference | 0.02 | -0.13 to 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.10 to 0.56 |
2 | reference | 0.02 | -0.13 to 0.16 | 0.27 | 0.04 to 0.49 | |||
women | 6.3 (1.52) | 1 | reference | -0.03 | -0.11 to 0.05 | 0.09 | -0.02 to 0.21 | |
2 | reference | 0.01 | -0.07 to 0.09 | 0.09 | -0.02 to 0.20 | |||
Lymphocyte count (109/L) | men | 2.17 (0.65) | 1 | reference | 0.05 | -0.01 to 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.07 to 0.25 |
2 | reference | 0.04 | -0.01 to 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.06 to 0.23 | |||
women | 2.18 (0.59) | 1 | reference | 0.003 | -0.03 to 0.03 | 0.04 | -0.004 to 0.09 | |
2 | reference | 0.02 | -0.01 to 0.05 | 0.04 | -0.004 to 0.08 | |||
Granulocyte count (109/L) | men | 4.18 (1.38) | 1 | reference | -0.01 | -0.13 to 0.11 | 0.18 | -0.01 to 0.36 |
2 | reference | -0.01 | -0.13 to 0.11 | 0.14 | -0.04 to 0.32 | |||
women | 3.72 (1.18) | 1 | reference | -0.02 | -0.09 to 0.04 | 0.06 | -0.04 to 0.15 | |
2 | reference | 0.002 | -0.06 to 0.06 | 0.05 | -0.04 to 0.14 | |||