Iron intake trajectory group | Mean iron intake, (mg/day) | No. of cases/No. of total participants | Parsimonious model | Fully-adjusted model | ||
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Hazard ratio (95% CI) | P-value | Hazard ratio (95% CI) | P-value | |||
1 | 10.9 | 178/12,976 | Ref | - | Ref | - |
2 | 12.3 | 147/13,062 | 0.79 (0.63, 0.99) | 0.04 | 0.81 (0.65, 1.02) | 0.07 |
3 | 14.1 | 183/19,814 | 0.64 (0.52, 0.80) | < 0.01 | 0.62 (0.49, 0.79) | < 0.01 |
4 | 17.6 | 169/15,263 | 0.70 (0.55, 0.89) | < 0.01 | 0.70 (0.54, 0.91) | < 0.01 |