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Table 3 Odds ratios (OR) for coffee consumption and risk of developing RA among 2184 newly diagnosed RA cases and 4201 controls, matched on age, sex, and residential area, according to sensitivity analyses

From: Investigation of the association between coffee and risk of RA—results from the Swedish EIRA study

Coffee, cups/day

< 2 cups/day

2–< 4 cup/day

4–< 6 cups/day

≥ 6 cups/day

 

Removing missing coffee data

N cases/controls

329/643

947/1874

483/907

183/256

Crude OR

Ref

1.00 (0.85–1.17)

1.10 (0.91–1.32)

1.45 (1.13–1.85)

OR adjusted for smoking

Ref

0.93 (0.79–1.09)

0.92 (0.76–1.12)

1.11 (0.86–1.44)

Full modela

Ref

0.92 (0.77–1.09)

0.91 (0.75–1.12)

1.06 (0.81–1.39)

 

Changing reference group

 

0 cups/day

> 0–< 2 cups/day

2–< 4 cup/day

4–< 6 cups/day

≥ 6 cups/day

N cases/controls

252/544

319/620

947/1874

483/907

183/256

Crude OR

Ref

1.13 (0.92–1.38)

1.11 (0.93–1.32)

1.18 (0.97–1.44)

1.60 (1.24–2.06)

OR adjusted for smoking

Ref

1.12 (0.91–1.38)

1.04 (0.87–1.24)

1.00 (0.82–1.22)

1.23 (0.95–1.60)

Full modela

Ref

1.17 (0.941–45)

1.08 (0.89–1.30)

1.03 (0.83–1.27)

1.24 (0.94–1.63)

  1. aAdjusted for smoking, BMI, alcohol consumption, educational level, tea consumption, and physical activity