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. 2023 May 12;12(5):1086. doi: 10.3390/antiox12051086

Table 3.

Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals of mortality according to energy-adjusted dietary total antioxidant capacity.

Energy-Adjusted Dietary Total Antioxidant Capacity (Diet + Dietary Supplements)
Quintile 1
(n = 93,746)
Quintile 2
(n = 93,747)
Quintile 3
(n = 93,747)
Quintile 4
(n = 93,747)
Quintile 5
(n = 93,746)
p for Trend
Median (range) 221.2
(8.9–303)
378.9
(303–462.4)
564.9
(462.4–707.8)
893.7
(707.8–1132.4)
1543.3
(1132.4–5926.6)
All-cause mortality
Model 1 1 1.00 0.88 (0.87–0.89) 0.85 (0.84–0.86) 0.85 (0.84–0.86) 0.83 (0.82–0.84) <0.0001
Model 2 2 1.00 0.96 (0.94–0.97) 0.95 (0.94–0.96) 0.96 (0.95–0.97) 0.97 (0.96–0.99) 0.1688
CVD mortality
Model 1 1.00 0.90 (0.88–0.92) 0.88 (0.86–0.90) 0.88 (0.86–0.90) 0.87 (0.86–0.89) <0.0001
Model 2 1.00 0.97 (0.95–0.996) 0.98 (0.95–1.00) 0.99 (0.97–1.01) 1.02 (0.99–1.04) 0.0043
Cancer mortality
Model 1 1.00 0.85 (0.83–0.87) 0.83 (0.81–0.85) 0.82 (0.80–0.84) 0.80 (0.78–0.82) <0.0001
Model 2 1.00 0.93 (0.91–0.95) 0.92 (0.90–0.95) 0.92 (0.89–0.94) 0.93 (0.90–0.95) <0.0001
Energy-adjusted total antioxidant capacity from diet only
Quintile 1
(n = 93,746)
Quintile 2
(n = 93,747)
Quintile 3
(n = 93,747)
Quintile 4
(n = 93,747)
Quintile 5
(n = 93,746)
p for trend
Median (range) 170.6
(8–225.4)
272
(225.4–316.3)
362.5
(316.3–414.4)
477.6
(414.4–562.8)
709.4
(562.8–3908.3)
All-cause mortality
Model 1 1.00 0.85 (0.84–0.86) 0.81 (0.80–0.82) 0.80 (0.79–0.81) 0.80 (0.79–0.81) <0.0001
Model 2 1.00 0.93 (0.92–0.94) 0.92 (0.91–0.93) 0.92 (0.90–0.93) 0.93 (0.92–0.94) <0.0001
CVD mortality
Model 1 1.00 0.87 (0.85–0.89) 0.84 (0.82–0.86) 0.84 (0.83–0.86) 0.85 (0.84–0.87) <0.0001
Model 2 1.00 0.94 (0.92–0.97) 0.93 (0.91–0.95) 0.95 (0.93–0.98) 0.97 (0.94–0.99) 0.2122
Cancer mortality
Model 1 1.00 0.82 (0.80–0.84) 0.78 (0.77–0.80) 0.76 (0.74–0.78) 0.76 (0.75–0.78) <0.0001
Model 2 1.00 0.91 (0.89–0.94) 0.90 (0.88–0.92) 0.88 (0.86–0.91) 0.90 (0.88–0.92) <0.0001
Energy-adjusted total antioxidant capacity from dietary supplements only
Non-consumer
(n = 153,024)
Tertile 1
(n = 105,236)
Tertile 2
(n = 105,237)
Tertile 3
(n = 105,236)
p for trend
Median (range) 0 (0–0) 58.2 (0–103.3) 276.5 (103.3–555) 938 (555–3345.8)
All-cause mortality
Model 1 1.00 0.95 (0.94–0.96) 0.90 (0.89–0.91) 0.92 (0.91–0.93) <0.0001
Model 2 1.00 1.00 (0.99–1.01) 0.99 (0.98–0.998) 1.01 (0.99–1.02) 0.2513
CVD mortality
Model 1 1.00 0.92 (0.90–0.94) 0.91 (0.90–0.93) 0.93 (0.91–0.94) <0.0001
Model 2 1.00 0.98 (0.96–0.997) 1.01 (0.99–1.03) 1.03 (1.01–1.05) 0.0002
Cancer mortality
Model 1 1.00 0.95 (0.93–0.97) 0.89 (0.87–0.90) 0.91 (0.89–0.93) <0.0001
Model 2 1.00 0.99 (0.96–1.01) 0.94 (0.92–0.96) 0.97 (0.95–0.99) 0.0190

1 Model 1 included age and sex. 2 Model 2 additionally included race/ethnicity, body mass index, marital status, alcoholic beverage intake, smoking, physical activity, history of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, and total energy intake.