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. 2023 Sep 18;23:678. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-05188-8

Table 3.

Association between dietary niacin intake and depression in participants with extreme energy intake was not included

OR (95% CI)
Quartile No. Model 1 P value Model 2 P value Model 3 P value
Niacin intake (mg/day)
Q1(≤15.97) 3940 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
Q2(15.98–22.70) 3939 0.79(0.62,1.02) 0.07 0.81(0.63,1.02) 0.08 0.90(0.69,1.19) 0.48
Q3(22.71–31.86) 3939 0.58(0.44,0.76) < 0.001 0.61(0.46,0.80) < 0.001 0.77(0.56,1.04) 0.09
Q4(≥ 31.87) 3939 0.46(0.33,0.67) < 0.0001 0.51(0.36,0.72) < 0.001 0.65(0.44,0.97) 0.04
P for trend - < 0.0001 - < 0.001 - 0.03 -

Model 1 was adjusted for energy

Model 2 was additionally adjusted for age and sex

Model 3 was adjusted for age, sex, race, marital status, education, family income, smoking, drinking, physical activity, BMI, hypertension, diabetes, energy, n-3 fatty acids, n-6 fatty acids, folate and zinc