Table 4.

Association of equol-producer status (>83 nM) with the presence of coronary calcium score ≥10 among men in Japan (n 272)

(Odds ratio and 95 % confidence intervals)

	Equol-producers v. equol non-producers
	OR	95% CI
Crude	0·2	0·0, 1·5
Model I†	0·2	0·0, 1·3
Model II‡	0·1	0·0, 1·2
Model III§	0·1	0·0, 1·2
Model IV║	0·1*	0·0, 0·9

^*Significant at <0·05.

^†Model I: adjusted for age, pack-years of smoking, BMI, LDL-cholesterol, hypertension and diabetes.

^‡Model II: model I + further adjusted for alcohol consumption, C-reactive protein and lipid medication.

^§Model III: model II + further adjusted for serum levels of n-3 fatty acids and meat consumption.

^║Model IV: model III + further adjusted for serum levels of isoflavones.