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. 2009 Aug 19;90(4):1061–1069. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27990

TABLE 4.

Risk of anovulation according to Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) categories1

DRI categories
1 2 3 4
Fiber range (g/d) ≤10 10.01–16 16.01–21.99 ≥22
Mean fiber (g/d) 8.0 ± 1.42 12.9 ± 1.7 18.5 ± 1.6 28.1 ± 5.6
Anovulatory/total [n (%)] 11/155 (7.10) 16/228 (7.02) 6/85 (7.06) 9/41 (21.95)
aOR3 1.00 1.32 (0.42, 4.29) 1.51 (0.32, 7.12) 11.00 (1.40, 86.69)
aOR4 1.00 1.62 (0.54, 4.88) 2.56 (0.56, 11.75) 10.98 (1.50, 80.46)
1

Analyses were run with nonlinear mixed models. aOR, adjusted odds ratio.

2

Mean ± SD (all such values).

3

Adjusted for energy intake (continuous); 95% CIs in parentheses.

4

Adjusted for energy intake (continuous), race (white, black, other), age (continuous), and vitamin E (continuous); 95% CIs in parentheses.