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. 2012 Aug 27;41(5):1367–1375. doi: 10.1093/ije/dys130

Table 2.

Geometric meansa (95% CIs) of urinary isoflavonoids and creatinine among cases and control subjects

Cases Control subjects Ratiosb Pc
Women
    Total isoflavonoids 19.4 (16.1, 23.3) 18.2 (16.0, 20.8) 1.07 0.59
    Daidzein 7.09 (5.89, 8.54) 6.76 (5.93, 7.72) 1.05 0.68
    Genistein 3.35 (2.72, 4.13) 3.12 (2.69, 3.61) 1.08 0.58
    Glycitein 1.12 (0.91, 1.37) 1.15 (0.99, 1.32) 0.98 0.85
    Equol 0.11 (0.07, 0.16) 0.14 (0.11, 0.19) 0.77 0.31
    O-DMAd 0.68 (0.50, 0.93) 0.73 (0.58, 0.90) 0.94 0.76
    Dihydrodaidzein 0.66 (0.48, 0.90) 0.82 (0.65, 1.02) 0.81 0.28
    Dihydrogenistein 0.20 (0.15, 0.28) 0.25 (0.20, 0.31) 0.81 0.28
    Creatinine 74.1 (67.1, 81.8) 66.2 (61.7, 71.0) 1.12 0.07
Men
    Total isoflavonoids 13.5 (11.0, 16.6) 14.8 (12.8, 17.2) 0.91 0.46
    Daidzein 5.24 (4.26, 6.44) 5.60 (4.84, 6.48) 0.94 0.61
    Genistein 2.42 (1.93, 3.04) 2.61 (2.23, 3.07) 0.93 0.59
    Glycitein 0.78 (0.62, 0.98) 0.83 (0.70, 0.97) 0.94 0.68
    Equol 0.05 (0.03, 0.07) 0.07 (0.05, 0.09) 0.70 0.16
    O-DMA 0.41 (0.29, 0.57) 0.46 (0.36, 0.58) 0.88 0.57
    Dihydrodaidzein 0.74 (0.54, 1.03) 0.66 (0.53, 0.83) 1.13 0.55
    Dihydrogenistein 0.19 (0.14, 0.26) 0.21 (0.17, 0.25) 0.95 0.79
    Creatinine 70.9 (64.4, 78.1) 74.2 (69.3, 79.4) 0.96 0.45

aExpressed as nmol/mg creatinine for isoflavonoids, and mg/dl for creatinine.

bRatios of geometric means for cases vs control subjects.

cP values for case–control differences in means of log transformed isoflavonoids.

dO-DMA: O-desmethylangolensin.