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. 2017 Aug 23;187(5):951–959. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwx304

Table 6.

Associationsa of Cumulative Average Intakes of Total Coffee, Regular Coffee, and Decaffeinated Coffee With Erectile Dysfunction, Stratified by Smoking Status, Health Professionals Follow-up Study, 1998–2010

Type of Coffee and Smoking Status Coffee Intake, cups/day
No Coffeeb 0.01–0.50 0.50–0.99 1.00–3.99 ≥4.00 P for Trend P for Interaction
HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI
Total coffee 0.11
 Never smoker 1.00 Referent 0.98 0.87, 1.10 0.91 0.80, 1.04 0.98 0.89, 1.08 0.99 0.84, 1.15 0.78
 Past smoker 1.00 Referent 0.90 0.74, 1.09 0.97 0.80, 1.17 1.01 0.86, 1.17 1.02 0.85, 1.22 0.23
 Current smoker 1.00 Referent 0.72 0.27, 1.93 0.72 0.26, 2.02 1.45 0.72, 2.95 1.23 0.59, 2.56 0.14
Regular coffee 0.80
 Never smoker 1.00 Referent 1.01 0.92, 1.12 0.98 0.87, 1.10 1.00 0.92, 1.10 1.06 0.87, 1.29 0.86
 Past smoker 1.00 Referent 1.11 0.97, 1.26 1.09 0.95, 1.25 1.07 0.95, 1.20 1.05 0.88, 1.25 0.76
 Current smoker 1.00 Referent 1.23 0.62, 2.44 1.85 0.93, 3.70 1.50 0.84, 2.67 1.20 0.63, 2.27 0.55
Decaffeinated coffee 0.06
 Never smoker 1.00 Referent 1.00 0.92, 1.09 0.97 0.87, 1.08 1.02 0.92, 1.13 1.30 0.82, 2.06 0.72
 Past smoker 1.00 Referent 0.94 0.86, 1.03 1.00 0.89, 1.11 1.00 0.91, 1.10 1.31 0.98, 1.74 0.34
 Current smoker 1.00 Referent 1.54 1.07, 2.21 1.54 0.98, 2.40 1.63 1.13, 2.35 2.64 0.88, 7.87 0.005

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.

a Included men who drank no regular or decaffeinated coffee.

b Models were adjusted for age in months, calendar time, smoking (never, past, or current, categorized as 1–14, 15–24, ≥25 cigarettes/day), body mass index (weight in kilometers divided by height in meters squared; <25.0, 25.0–29.9, or ≥30.0), alcohol consumption (grams/day; 0, 0.1–4.9, 5.0–14.9, 15.0–29.9, or ≥30.0), total physical activity (metabolic equivalent of tasks per week; quintiles), history of diabetes (yes vs. no), history of hypertension (yes vs. no), history of hypercholesterolemia (yes vs. no), history of cardiovascular disease (yes vs. no), energy intake (kcal/day; quintiles), Alternative Healthy Eating Index score (quintiles), marital status (married, divorced, separated, widowed, or never married), race (white, African-American, Asian-American, or other), difficulty of falling into sleep (yes vs. no), waking during the night (yes vs. no), not feeling rested upon waking (yes vs. no), and use of cholesterol-lowering, blood pressure–lowering, or sleep-enhancing medication (yes vs. no).