Table 4 Hazard ratios and 95 % confidence intervals of all-cause mortality by quartiles of intake for fruit and vegetables for sensitivity analyses conducted on 149,787 participants with at least two years of follow-up

Model 1 (crude)

1.0

Reference

0.81

0.76, 0.88

0.74

0.68, 0.80

0.80

0.74, 0.86

<0.0001

Model 2^b (age, sex adjusted)

1.0

Reference

0.90

0.84, 0.97

0.83

0.76, 0.90

0.80

0.74, 0.87

<0.0001

Model 3^c (adjusted)

1.0

Reference

1.00

0.93, 1.08

0.96

0.88, 1.04

0.93

0.86, 0.93

0.07

Model 1 (crude)

1.0

Reference

0.90

0.81, 0.99

0.79

0.71, 0.87

0.79

0.71, 0.88

<0.001

Model 2^b (age, sex adjusted)

1.0

Reference

0.74

0.67, 0.82

0.66

0.59, 0.73

0.62

0.56, 0.69

<0.001

Model 3^c (adjusted)

1.0

Reference

0.88

0.80, 0.98

0.84

0.76, 0.94

0.83

0.74, 0.93

0.003

Model 1 (crude)

1.0

Reference

0.82

0.75, 0.89

0.73

0.68, 0.79

0.84

0.78, 0.91

<0.0001

Model 2^b (age, sex adjusted)

1.0

Reference

0.91

0.83, 0.99

0.84

0.78, 0.90

0.87

0.80, 0.94

<0.0001

Model 3^c (adjusted)

1.0

Reference

0.98

0.90, 1.07

0.94

0.87, 1.02

0.98

0.90, 1.06

0.309