Table 3.

Association between physical activity and erectile dysfunction in NHANES, 2001-2004.^a

	Unadjusted model		Model 1 b		Model 2 c
Physical activity	OR (95% CI)	P value	OR (95% CI)	P value	OR (95% CI)	P value
Walked or bicycled		<.001		.012		.070
Any	0.64 (0.51-0.78)		0.73 (0.57-0.93)		0.79 (0.61-1.02)
None	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]
Time of walked or bicycled		.390		.509		.720
Achieved recommendation (per week)	0.86 (0.62-1.21)		0.87 (0.59-1.30)		0.93 (0.62-1.39)
Tasks around home/yard		.001		.021		.153
Any	0.73 (0.61-0.87)		0.76 (0.61-0.96)		0.84 (0.66-1.07)
None	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]
Time of tasks around home/yard		.723		.060		.196
Achieved recommendation (per week)	1.04 (0.85-1.27)		0.79 (0.61-1.01)		0.84 (0.64-1.09)
Muscle-strengthening activities		<.001		.002		.031
Any	0.46 (0.37-0.56)		0.67 (0.52-0.87)		0.75 (0.57-0.97)
None	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]
Leisure activity		<.001		.001		.024
Any	0.51 (0.43-0.60)		0.68 (0.55-0.85)		0.76 (0.60-0.97)
None	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]
Vigorous activity		<.001		<.001		.001
Any	0.31 (0.26-0.39)		0.58 (0.45-0.74)		0.64 (0.49-0.83)
None	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]
Moderate activity		<.001		.028		.143
Any	0.71 (0.60-0.85)		0.78 (0.63-0.97)		0.84 (0.67-1.06)
None	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; OR, odds ratio.

^aBold indicates P < .05.

^bModel 1: adjusted for age, poverty-income ratio, and BMI.

^cModel 2: adjusted for age, race, education level, marital status, poverty-income ratio, BMI, alcohol intake, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, and history of prostate disease.