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Table 4 Hazard ratios (95% CI) of CVD events by individual choline forms tertile

From: Association between dietary choline and betaine intake and 10.6-year cardiovascular disease in adults

Individual choline forms

Tertile 1

Tertile 2

Tertile 3

P trend

Continuous

P trend

Free choline (FC)

 Median (mg/d)

45.8

57.6

71.4

 

Per 10 mg/d

 

 Age and sex-adjusted model

1

0.79 (0.55–1.14)

0.82 (0.58–1.68)

0.34

0.96 (0.88–1.05)

0.44

aMultivariate-adjusted model

1

0.79 (0.54–1.16)

0.64 (0.42–0.98)

0.04

0.90 (0.80–1.01)

0.08

Glycerophosphocholine (GPC)

 Median (mg/d)

30.5

43.5

59.5

 

Per 10 mg/d

 

 Age and sex-adjusted model

1

0.92 (0.66–1.28)

0.73 (0.51–1.04)

0.08

0.94 (0.86–1.03)

0.22

aMultivariate-adjusted model

1

0.98 (0.69–1.37)

0.75 (0.52–1.07)

0.11

0.95 (0.87–1.04)

0.28

Phosphocholine (PC)

 Median (mg/d)

7.69

11.4

15.9

 

Per 10 mg/d

 

 Age and sex-adjusted model

1

0.85 (0.60–1.20)

0.78 (0.55–1.11)

0.19

0.93 (0.84–1.04)

0.21

aMultivariate-adjusted model

1

0.83 (0.57–1.21)

0.70 (0.46–1.06)

0.09

0.94 (0.83–1.07)

0.39

Phosphatidylcholine (PtC)

 Median (mg/d)

67.7

95.8

138

 

Per 10 mg/d

 

 Age and sex-adjusted model

1

1.05 (0.76–1.45)

0.84 (0.58–1.21)

0.33

0.98 (0.95–1.01)

0.35

aMultivariate-adjusted model

1

1.13 (0.79–1.61)

0.95 (0.60–1.50)

0.81

1.00 (0.95–1.05)

0.84

Sphingomyelin (SM)

 Median (mg/d)

6.90

9.88

14.0

 

Per 10 mg/d

 

 Age and sex-adjusted model

1

1.08 (0.78–1.48)

0.70 (0.48–1.01)

0.06

0.69 (0.49–0.98)

0.04

aMultivariate-adjusted model

1

1.19 (0.84–1.68)

0.72 (0.47–1.13)

0.16

0.76 (0.49–1.19)

0.24

  1. Cox proportional hazards regression was conducted
  2. aAdjusted for sex, age, smoking, BMI, total energy intake, FSG, TG/HDL, meat, fruit, vegetable, and oil