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. 2022 Jun 30;9:913132. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.913132

Table 2.

Effect of low and high zinc intake groups on the association between vitamin A and depression in dichotomous and trichotomous models.

Female (model 6)
Variable Dietary intake zinc≤8(mg/d)
(n = 7,541)
Dietary intake zinc>8(mg/d)
(n = 8,604)
P for interaction
Vitamin A OR(95 CI%) P -value OR(95 CI%) P -value
Subgroups 0.011
≤ 440 (mcg) 1(reference) 1(reference)
>440 (mcg) 0.85 (0.76~0.96) 0.007 1.05 (0.95~1.17) 0.331
Male (model 6)
Variable Dietary intake zinc≤11(mg/d)
(n = 7,397)
Dietary intake zinc>11(mg/d)
(n = 8,297)
P for interaction
Vitamin A OR(95 CI%) P -value OR(95 CI%) P -value
Subgroups 0.743
≤ 495 (mcg) 1(reference) 1(reference)
>495 (mcg) 0.97 (0.85~1.11) 0.679 1 (0.89~1.13) 0.952

Covariables include age, race, education level, PIR, marriage status, BMI, physical activity, work activity, smoking status, alcohol, DM and Hypertension.

Model 6: adjust for age, race, education level, PIR, marriage status, BMI, physical activity, work activity, smoking status, alcohol, DM, Hypertension.