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

Table 3. Relationship between tertiles of phosphorus intake and erectile dysfunction.

Exposure OR (95%CI), P-value
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Phosphorus intake tertiles
T1 (84–1,137.5 mg) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
T2 (1,138–1,647 mg) 0.69 (0.58, 0.82) <0.0001 0.81 (0.65, 1.00) 0.0537 0.88 (0.70, 1.10) 0.2657
T3 (1,648–8,194 mg) 0.33 (0.27, 0.40) <0.0001 0.62 (0.49, 0.79) 0.0001 0.67 (0.52, 0.87) 0.0024
p-trend <0.0001 0.0001 0.0024

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).