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. 2024 Feb 21;19(2):e0297129. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297129

Table 2. Relationship between tertiles of calcium intake and erectile dysfunction.

Exposure OR (95%CI), P-value
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Calcium intake tertiles
T1
(23–605 mg)
1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
T2
(605.5–1,021 mg)
0.70 (0.59, 0.84) 0.0001 0.71 (0.57, 0.88) 0.0020 0.83 (0.65, 1.05) 0.1136
T3
(1,022–8,701 mg)
0.45 (0.37, 0.55) <0.0001 0.66 (0.52, 0.84) 0.0006 0.77 (0.60, 0.99) 0.0453
p-trend <0.0001 0.0008 0.0523

Model 1: Crude mode.

Model 2: Adjusted for age and race.

Model 3: Adjusted for age, race, education level, marital status, income-to-poverty ratio (PIR), alcohol use, smoking, physical activity, hypertension, diabetes, body mass index (BMI), total cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL).