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. 2016 Jan 13;103(2):534–541. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.115.122010

TABLE 3.

Associations of anthocyanin, flavanone, and flavone intake with risk of erectile dysfunction across strata of risk factors for participants from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study1

Q5 vs. Q1
Flavones
Flavanones
Anthocyanins
RR (95% CI) P-trend P-interaction RR (95% CI) P-trend P-interaction RR (95% CI) P-trend P-interaction
Age, y
 <70 0.89 (0.81, 0.98) 0.002 0.002 0.87 (0.79, 0.96) 0.007 0.03 0.84 (0.77, 0.93) <0.0001 0.007
 ≥70 1.06 (0.96, 1.16) 0.35 1.01 (0.91, 1.11) 0.99 1.04 (0.94, 1.14) 0.63
BMI, kg/m2
 <25 1.06 (0.94, 1.18) 0.82 0.14 1.01 (0.90, 1.13) 0.99 0.009 1.04 (0.92, 1.16) 0.88 0.48
 25–29.9 0.84 (0.76, 0.93) 0.004 0.87 (0.79, 0.96) 0.003 0.83 (0.75, 0.92) 0.0007
 ≥30 0.78 (0.65, 0.94) 0.005 0.69 (0.57, 0.83) 0.0002 0.89 (0.74, 1.07) 0.08
Smoking
 Never 0.86 (0.78, 0.95) 0.005 0.26 0.87 (0.79, 0.96) 0.005 0.73 0.90 (0.81, 1.00) 0.03 0.80
 Ever 0.94 (0.85, 1.03) 0.70 0.90 (0.82, 1.00) 0.04 0.91 (0.82, 1.00) 0.01
Physical activity
 Q1 and Q2 0.94 (0.85, 1.05) 0.20 0.84 0.92 (0.83, 1.03) 0.04 0.55 0.95 (0.85, 1.06) 0.14 0.78
 Q3 0.89 (0.80, 1.00) 0.07 0.86 (0.77, 0.96) 0.01 0.89 (0.80, 1.01) 0.03
 Q4 and Q5 0.92 (0.78, 1.08) 0.23 0.93 (0.80, 1.09) 0.68 0.88 (0.75, 1.04) 0.21
Prevalent hypertension
 No 0.97 (0.90, 1.05) 0.28 0.72 0.94 (0.87, 1.01) 0.06 0.86 0.93 (0.87, 1.01) 0.04 0.80
 Yes 0.92 (0.79, 1.07) 0.14 0.91 (0.79, 1.06) 0.25 0.92 (0.79, 1.06) 0.19
Statin use
 No 0.90 (0.83, 0.98) 0.02 0.71 0.89 (0.82, 0.96) 0.002 0.79 0.92 (0.84, 1.00) 0.01 0.78
 Yes 0.90 (0.79, 1.03) 0.13 0.89 (0.78, 1.01) 0.09 0.91 (0.79, 1.04) 0.12
1

Multivariate model adjusted for age, physical activity, smoking, BMI, alcohol, energy, marital status, use of multivitamins, history of cardiovascular disease, history of hypercholesterolemia, history of hypertension, and history of diabetes. Q, quintile.