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. 2024 Jan 30;26(4):382–388. doi: 10.4103/aja202378

Table 2.

Association of dietary niacin intake and erectile dysfunction risk before propensity score matching

Variable Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4




OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
Dietary niacin 0.97 (0.96–0.98) <0.0001 0.98 (0.97–0.99) <0.001 0.98 (0.97–0.99) 0.01 0.98 (0.97–0.99) 0.01
Stratified by dietary niacin tertiles
 Tertile 1 1 1 1 1
 Tertile 2 0.66 (0.49–0.88) 0.01 0.67 (0.48–0.93) 0.02 0.69 (0.50–0.96) 0.03 0.67 (0.46–0.99) 0.05
 Tertile 3 0.43 (0.32–0.58) <0.0001 0.51 (0.37–0.71) <0.001 0.58 (0.41–0.82) 0.01 0.56 (0.37–0.85) 0.01
P for trend <0.0001 <0.001 0.004 0.009

Model 1: unadjusted; Model 2: adjusted for age and race; Model 3: adjusted for age, race, marital status, education level, PIR, BMI categories, recreational activity, smoking status, drinking status, and total daily energy intake; Model 4: additionally adjusted for CVD, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, diabetes, as well as testosterone levels. OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; BMI: body mass index; PIR: poverty-to-income ratio; CVD: cardiovascular disease