ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Nutr.
Sec. Clinical Nutrition
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1538874
Associations of Dietary Inflammatory Index and Composite Dietary Antioxidant Index with Erectile Dysfunction and the Mediating Role of Metabolic Dysregulation: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of NHANES 2001-2004 Data
Provisionally accepted
- 1The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China
- 2Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
- 3Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China
- 4Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
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Background: Inflammation and oxidative stress are a common and fundamental factor in the pathological process leading to erectile dysfunction (ED) and metabolic dysregulation. We aimed to reveal the relationship between the DII, CDAI, and ED, as well as the mediating role of MS, TyG index, MAP, UA, and TC on this relationship.Methods: This study included 1,488 participants from the NHANES surveys conducted between 2001 and 2004. The DII was constructed using 27 dietary components related to inflammatory potential, while the CDAI was built using six key minerals and vitamins. In the analysis, Spearman correlation, generalized linear models, and weighted logistic regression models were employed. The mediating roles of metabolic indicators in the relationships were investigated using Causal mediation analysis.After comprehensive adjustment for confounding factors, we found a significant association between DII (OR:1.07, 95% CI: 1.03-1.11, p < 0.001) and CDAI (OR: 0.97, 95% CI: 0.95-1.00, p < 0.05) and ED. Additionally, all metabolic indicators except for the TyG index (OR: 1.54, 95% CI: 1.20-1.96, p < 0.01), did not show a significant association with the risk of ED. The DII high +CDAI low group had the highest ED risk. Further mediation analysis indicated that TyG played a mediating role between DII and ED, while MS played a mediating role between CDAI and ED.This study indicates that DII and CDAI were significantly associated with ED.
Keywords: Dietary inflammatory index, Composite Dietary Antioxidant Index, Erectile Dysfunction, metabolic dysregulation, Triglyceride-glucose index
Received: 03 Dec 2024; Accepted: 16 May 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Wei Wu, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China
Yanbin Zhang, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China
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