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. 2012 Jul 3;96(2):405–414. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.112.034918

TABLE 3.

Urinary F2-IsoP and 15-F2t-IsoP-M concentrations in healthy women according to tea drinking and urinary excretion of tea polyphenols in the Shanghai Women's Health Study1

Tertiles from lowest to highest n F2-IsoPs 15-F2t-IsoP-M
Unadjusted2 P Adjusted2 P Unadjusted2 P Adjusted2 P
ng/mg creatinine ng/mg creatinine ng/mg creatinine ng/mg creatinine
Tea drinking 845 0.48 0.72 0.18 0.06
 Never 605 1.60 (1.54, 1.68)3 1.62 (1.54, 1.70) 0.55 (0.53, 0.58) 0.56 (0.53, 0.59)
 Ever 240 1.66 (1.54, 1.79) 1.65 (1.52, 1.77) 0.59 (0.55, 0.63) 0.61 (0.56, 0.66)
Polyphenols 700
 Epicatechin 0.82 0.55 0.38 0.42
  0 μmol/g creatinine4 325 1.60 (1.51, 1.70) 1.62 (1.52, 1.73) 0.56 (0.53, 0.59) 0.58 (0.54, 0.62)
  >0–0.13 μmol/g creatinine 142 1.54 (1.39, 1.68) 1.57 (1.42, 1.73) 0.55 (0.50, 0.61) 0.56 (0.51, 0.62)
  >0.13 μmol/g creatinine 233 1.72 (1.58, 1.84) 1.73 (1.58, 1.87) 0.59 (0.55, 0.63) 0.59 (0.53, 0.61)
 Epigallocatechin 0.18 0.41 0.03 0.03
  <0.03 μmol/g creatinine 228 1.61 (1.48, 1.72) 1.60 (1.48, 1.78) 0.55 (0.50, 0.59) 0.55 (0.52, 0.60)
  0.03–0.28 μmol/g creatinine 238 1.52 (1.41, 1.63) 1.55 (1.41, 1.65) 0.56 (0.52, 0.60) 0.56 (0.52, 0.61)
  ≥0.29 μmol/g creatinine 234 1.80 (1.66, 1.93) 1.79 (1.66, 1.95) 0.59 (0.55, 0.64) 0.59 (0.55, 0.65)
Polyphenol metabolites
 4′-MeEGC 0.21 0.45 0.52 0.25
  0 μmol/g creatinine4 334 1.66 (1.55, 1.77) 1.68 (1.57, 1.80) 0.57 (0.54, 0.61) 0.58 (0.55, 0.62)
  >0–0.03 μmol/g creatinine 131 1.60 (1.45, 1.76) 1.60 (1.45, 1.79) 0.54 (0.50, 0.60) 0.54 (0.49, 0.60)
  >0.03 μmol/g creatinine 235 1.58 (1.46, 1.72) 1.62 (1.49, 1.75) 0.58 (0.54, 0.63) 0.58 (0.53, 0.62)
 5-(3′,4',5′-rihydroxyphenyl)-γ-Valerolactone 0.84 0.27 0.28 0.30
  0 μmol/g creatinine4 493 1.57 (1.49, 1.66) 1.62 (1.52, 1.70) 0.56 (0.54, 0.59) 0.57 (0.54, 0.60)
  >0–0.004 μmol/g creatinine 104 1.72 (1.55, 1.90) 1.73 (1.55, 1.91) 0.59 (0.55, 0.65) 0.61 (0.54, 0.67)
  >0.004 μmol/g creatinine 103 1.88 (1.57, 2.05) 1.68 (1.45, 1.95) 0.52 (0.45, 0.59) 0.54 (0.47, 0.62)
 5-(3′,4′-dihydroxyphenyl)-γ-Valerolactone 0.62 0.95 0.14 0.18
  <0.89 μmol/g creatinine 233 1.57 (1.45, 1.72) 1.58 (1.46, 1.72) 0.59 (0.55, 0.64) 0.60 (0.55, 0.64)
  0.89–7.91 μmol/g creatinine 233 1.62 (1.49, 1.73) 1.65 (1.52, 1.79) 0.55 (0.52, 0.59) 0.60 (0.51, 0.59)
  >7.91 μmol/g creatinine 234 1.70 (1.57, 1.84) 1.70 (1.57, 1.86) 0.56 (0.52, 0.60) 0.57 (0.53, 0.62)
Flavonoid polyphenols
 Kaempferol 0.59 0.72 0.33 0.29
  <0.04 μmol/g creatinine 228 1.60 (1.48, 1.72) 1.58 (1.46, 1.73) 0.54 (0.51, 0.58) 0.55 (0.51, 0.60)
  0.04–0.28 μmol/g creatinine 236 1.60 (1.48, 1.73) 1.65 (1.52, 1.79) 0.55 (0.52, 0.59) 0.56 (0.52, 0.59)
  >0.28 μmol/g creatinine 236 1.68 (1.55, 1.80) 1.70 (1.55, 1.84) 0.61 (0.56, 0.65) 0.61 (0.56, 0.65)
 Quercetin 0.06 0.01 0.24 0.03
  <0.06 μmol/g creatinine 217 1.46 (1.35, 1.58) 1.51 (1.39, 1.65) 0.54 (0.51, 0.59) 0.54 (0.50, 0.58)
  0.06–0.25 μmol/g creatinine 249 1.63 (1.52, 1.77) 1.63 (1.52, 1.77) 0.55 (0.52, 0.59) 0.56 (0.52, 0.60)
  >0.25 μmol/g creatinine 234 1.77 (1.63, 1.93) 1.79 (1.65, 1.93) 0.61 (0.56, 0.65) 0.61 (0.57, 0.66)
1

P values were from ANOVA for variables with 2 categories, and P-trend values were from a linear regression model for variables with >2 categories. F2-IsoP, F2-isoprostane; 4′-MeEGC, methylated form of epigallocatechin; 15-F2t-IsoP-M, 2,3-dinor-5,6-dihydro-15-F2t-isoprostane.

2

ANOVA estimate: values of log-transformed F2-IsoPs and their major metabolite 15-F2t-IsoP-M were adjusted for age (continuous); education; occupation; cigarette smoking (yes or no); BMI (continuous); multivitamin supplement use (yes or no); fruit and vegetable intakes (continuous); plasma total carotenoids, tocopherols, and retinol (continuous); and batch assays for F2-IsoPs or 15-F2t-IsoP-M (categories) and urinary tea polyphenols.

3

Geometric mean; 95% CI in parentheses (all such values).

4

The limits of detection for epicatechin, epigallocatechin, kaempferol, and quercetin are 1 nmol/L, whereas the limits of detection for polyphenol metabolites are 100 nmol/L.