Table 3.
Associations between alcoholic beverages with antral follicle count among 567 women in the EARTH Study.
| Servings per day, range | n | Unadjusted | Adjusted mean (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age and total energy | Multivariable1 | |||
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| Alcoholic beverages (total) | ||||
| Q1 (0, 0.12) | 145 | 14.3 (13.7–15.0) | 14.2 (13.6–14.9) | 13.8 (13.0–14.6) |
| Q2 (0.12, 0.35) | 138 | 13.5 (12.9–14.1) | 13.2 (12.6–13.8) | 14.1 (13.2–15.0) |
| Q3 (0.35, 0.86) | 142 | 13.9 (13.3–14.5) | 13.8 (13.2–14.4) | 13.4 (12.5–14.3) |
| Q4 (0.87, 3.84) | 142 | 14.3 (13.7–14.9) | 13.7 (13.1–14.3) | 13.8 (13.0–14.7) |
| P-trend | 0.25 | 0.58 | 0.78 | |
| Beer | ||||
| T1 (0, 0.02) | 172 | 13.6 (13.1–14.2) | 13.4 (12.9–14.0) | 13.5 (12.7–14.3) |
| T2 (0.03, 0.11) | 201 | 14.0 (13.5–14.5) | 14.1 (13.6–14.6) | 14.0 (13.2–14.8) |
| T3 (0.14, 2.53) | 194 | 14.3 (13.8–14.9) | 13.7 (13.1–14.2) | 13.8 (12.9–14.6) |
| P-trend | 0.09 | 0.98 | 0.82 | |
| Wine | ||||
| Q1 (0, 0.06) | 166 | 14.1 (13.6–14.7) | 13.6 (13.0–14.1) | 13.7 (12.9–14.5) |
| Q2 (0.08, 0.16) | 135 | 14.4 (13.8–15.1) | 14.0 (13.4–14.6) | 13.9 (13.1–14.9) |
| Q3 (0.17, 0.46) | 126 | 14.5 (13.8–15.2) | 14.2 (13.6–14.9) | 14.3 (13.3–15.3) |
| Q4 (0.51, 2.64) | 140 | 13.0 (12.4–13.6)* | 13.2 (12.6–13.9) | 13.4 (12.5–14.3) |
| P-trend | <0.001 | 0.19 | 0.29 | |
| Liquor | ||||
| M1 (0, 0.02) | 212 | 13.7 (13.2–14.2) | 13.6 (13.1–14.1) | 13.6 (12.9–14.4) |
| M2 (0.03, 2.50) | 355 | 14.2 (13.8–14.6) | 13.8 (13.4–14.2) | 13.9 (13.1–14.6) |
| P-value | 0.12 | 0.40 | 0.42 | |
1
Adjusted for age, body mass index, smoking status, race, physical activity, education, total energy intake, the remaining beverages and the dietary patterns without the specific beverages.
Q: quartiles. T: tertiles. M: median.
*
P <0.05 for comparison of specific category vs category 1 (reference).