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. 2023 Mar 29;13:5152. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32309-w

Table 4.

Multivariable-adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for depression, anxiety and psychological distress across energy-adjusted quartiles of riboflavin consumption, stratified by sex.

Quartiles of riboflavin intake Ptrend
Q1 (< 1.6 mg/d) Q2 (1.6–1.82 mg/d) Q3 (1.83–2.09 mg/d) Q4 (> 2.09 mg/d)
Male participants (n = 1403)
 Depression
  Crude 1 (Ref.) 0.67 (0.47–0.95) 0.66 (0.46–0.95) 0.50 (0.34–0.72)  < 0.001
  Model 1 1 (Ref.) 0.67 (0.45–1.00) 0.66 (0.44–1.00) 0.48 (0.32–0.73) 0.01
  Model 2 1 (Ref.) 0.66 (0.43–1.00) 0.66 (0.43–1.01) 0.49 (0.32–0.76) 0.01
  Model 3 1 (Ref.) 0.66 (0.43–1.01) 0.65 (0.42–1.02) 0.53 (0.32–0.87) 0.01
  Model 4 1 (Ref.) 0.65 (0.42–1.01) 0.59 (0.37–0.94) 0.49 (0.29–0.83) 0.01
 Anxiety
  Crude 1 (Ref.) 0.48(0.29–0.82) 0.57(0.34–0.95) 0.47(0.28–0.80) 0.01
  Model 1 1 (Ref.) 0.44(0.24–0.81) 0.53(0.30–0.97) 0.46(0.25–0.83) 0.02
  Model 2 1 (Ref.) 0.40(0.21–0.76) 0.50(0.27–0.93) 0.50(0.27–0.92) 0.03
  Model 3 1 (Ref.) 0.39 (0.20–0.76) 0.51 (0.26–0.98) 0.48 (0.23–0.98) 0.05
  Model 4 1 (Ref.) 0.42 (0.21–0.82) 0.47 (0.23–0.93) 0.45 (0.21–0.95) 0.03
 Psychological distress
  Crude 1 (Ref.) 0.80 (0.55–1.16) 0.68 (0.46–1.01) 0.58 (0.39–0.87) 0.01
  Model 1 1 (Ref.) 0.85 (0.56–1.31) 0.75 (0.48–1.16) 0.70 (0.45–1.08) 0.09
  Model 2 1 (Ref.) 0.83 (0.53–1.30) 0.70 (0.44–1.12) 0.70 (0.43–1.10) 0.09
  Model 3 1 (Ref.) 0.81 (0.51–1.27) 0.67 (0.41–1.09) 0.68 (0.40–1.15) 0.11
  Model 4 1 (Ref.) 0.84 (0.52–1.34) 0.61 (0.37–1.02) 0.58 (0.33–1.01) 0.03
Female participants (n = 1959)
 Depression
  Crude 1 (Ref.) 1.02 (0.79–1.33) 0.82 (0.63–1.07) 0.78 (0.60–1.02) 0.03
  Model 1 1 (Ref.) 0.95 (0.72–1.26) 0.76 (0.57–1.00) 0.76 (0.57–1.00) 0.02
  Model 2 1 (Ref.) 0.93 (0.69–1.24) 0.76 (0.56–1.01) 0.72 (0.53–0.97) 0.01
  Model 3 1 (Ref.) 0.921 (0.67–1.24) 0.74 (0.54–1.02) 0.70 (0.50–1.00) 0.02
  Model 4 1 (Ref.) 0.90 (0.66–1.23) 0.75 (0.54–1.03) 0.74 (0.52–1.06) 0.06
 Anxiety
  Crude 1 (Ref.) 0.96 (0.69–1.33) 0.86 (0.62–1.20) 0.79 (0.56–1.10) 0.14
  Model 1 1 (Ref.) 0.83(0.59–1.17) 0.76 (0.54–1.07) 0.79(0.55–1.11) 0.14
  Model 2 1 (Ref.) 0.80 (0.55–1.16) 0.80 (0.55–1.16) 0.76 (0.52–1.10) 0.17
  Model 3 1 (Ref.) 0.76 (0.51–1.11) 0.77 (0.52–1.13) 0.74 (0.47–1.14) 0.20
  Model 4 1 (Ref.) 0.75 (0.50–1.11) 0.75 (0.50–1.12) 0.74 (0.47–1.15) 0.21
 Psychological distress
  Crude 1 (Ref.) 1.04 (0.79–1.37) 0.82 (0.62–1.09) 0.75 (0.56–1.00) 0.02
  Model 1 1 (Ref.) 1.00 (0.75–1.34) 0.78 (0.58–1.05) 0.77 (0.57–1.04) 0.03
  Model 2 1 (Ref.) 0.96 (0.70–1.30) 0.80 (0.59–1.08) 0.74 (0.54–1.01) 0.03
  Model 3 1 (Ref.) 0.89 (0.65–1.22) 0.71 (0.52–1.00) 0.63 (0.44–0.91) 0.01
  Model 4 1 (Ref.) 0.87 (0.63–1.21) 0.71 (0.51–1.00) 0.67 (0.46–0.98) 0.02

All values are odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Model 1: Adjusted for age and energy intake; Model 2: Further adjustment for physical activity, smoking, marital status, education, household size, house possession, diabetes, use of anti-depressant medications and dietary supplements; Model 3: Additional controlling for dietary intakes of fat, n-3 fatty acids, iron, thiamin; Model 4: Further adjusted for BMI.