Association between ultra-processed food consumption and the incidence of type 2 diabetes: the ELSA-Brasil cohort

Table 2 Association of ultra-processed food consumption with the incidence of diabetes, ELSA-Brasil (N = 10,202)

	Ultra-processed food consumption
	Quartile 1¹ ≤ 235 g/day	Quartile 2 236–372 g/day		Quartile 3 373–565 g/day		Quartile 4 ≥ 566 g/day		For a 150 g/day increase
Models²	RR	RR	95% CI	RR	95% CI	RR	95% CI	RR	95% CI
1	1	0.88	0.78, 0.99	0.93	0.82, 1.04	1.11	0.99, 1.25	1.04	1.02, 1.06
2	1	0.96	0.85, 1.08	1.03	0.92, 1.16	1.24	1.10, 1.39	1.05	1.03, 1.07
3a	1	0.97	0.86, 1.10	1.06	0.93, 1.20	1.29	1.13, 1.47	1.07	1.04, 1.09
3b	1	0.97	0.86, 1.09	1.04	0.92, 1.17	1.22	1.09, 1.37	1.05	1.03, 1.07
3c	1	0.93	0.83, 1.05	0.96	0.85, 1.08	1.09	0.97, 1.22	1.02	1.00, 1.05

¹Quartile 1: Reference
²Model 1: Non-adjusted
Model 2: Age, sex, race/color, income, school achievement, family history of diabetes, smoking, physical activity and alcohol
Model 3a: 2 + Energy intake
Model 3b: 2 + Hypertension
Model 3c: 2 + BMI

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