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Table 4 Associations of the EPA intake with cardiovascular disease

From: Association of marine PUFAs intakes with cardiovascular disease, all-cause mortality, and cardiovascular mortality in American adult male patients with dyslipidemia: the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001 to 2016

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

ORa

95% CIa

p-value

ORa

95% CIa

p-value

ORa

95% CIa

p-value

CVD

 Q1

Ref

Ref

 

Ref

Ref

 

Ref

Ref

 

 Q2

1.01

0.82, 1.25

0.921

1.05

0.85, 1.31

0.631

1.07

0.85, 1.35

0.576

 Q3

0.84

0.69, 1.04

0.111

0.94

0.75, 1.17

0.564

0.98

0.77, 1.25

0.871

CHF

 Q1

Ref

Ref

 

Ref

Ref

 

Ref

Ref

 

 Q2

1.17

0.89, 1.53

0.251

1.25

0.95, 1.65

0.113

1.24

0.94, 1.63

0.135

 Q3

0.88

0.63, 1.23

0.442

1.00

0.70, 1.42

0.999

1.00

0.71, 1.42

0.980

CHD

 Q1

Ref

Ref

 

Ref

Ref

 

Ref

Ref

 

 Q2

0.93

0.71, 1.21

0.575

0.94

0.72, 1.23

0.671

1.00

0.76, 1.32

0.994

 Q3

0.97

0.76, 1.24

0.823

1.04

0.81, 1.34

0.741

1.17

0.89, 1.54

0.249

Angina

 Q1

Ref

Ref

 

Ref

Ref

 

Ref

Ref

 

 Q2

0.96

0.69, 1.34

0.818

1.01

0.71, 1.43

0.971

1.03

0.72, 1.47

0.883

 Q3

0.87

0.63, 1.22

0.425

0.98

0.70, 1.39

0.928

1.03

0.71, 1.51

0.868

MI

 Q1

Ref

Ref

 

Ref

Ref

 

Ref

Ref

 

 Q2

1.04

0.82, 1.31

0.753

1.09

0.86, 1.38

0.469

1.10

0.87, 1.39

0.422

 Q3

0.82

0.63, 1.05

0.112

0.90

0.69, 1.18

0.462

0.92

0.69, 1.21

0.535

Stroke

 Q1

Ref

Ref

 

Ref

Ref

 

Ref

Ref

 

 Q2

0.77

0.56, 1.06

0.103

0.79

0.58, 1.09

0.155

0.80

0.56, 1.14

0.213

 Q3

0.62

0.44, 0.87

0.006**

0.69

0.49, 0.96

0.028*

0.72

0.50, 1.04

0.080

  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01
  2. aOR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, CHF congestive heart failure, CHD coronary heart disease, MI myocardial infarction; multivariate adjusted Logistic regression models of EPA intake with cardiovascular disease: Model 1:Age and race; Model 2: Model 1 + education, Marital status, ratio of family income to poverty, BMI, physical activity, smoking status and alcohol consumption; Model 3: Model 2 + hypertension, diabetes, cancer, osteoarthritis, total energy intake, total fat intake, and total cholesterol intake