Table 3.

Odds of hypertension over 15 years of follow-up based on quartiles of diet quality scores; 1946–1951 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health

	ARFS (maximum score = 74)									MDS (maximum score = 17)
	Q1(ARFS ≤ 25)		Q2(ARFS = 26–31)		Q3(ARFS = 32–37)		Q4(ARFS ≥ 38)		Total	Q1(MDS ≤ 5)		Q2(MDS = 6)		Q3(MDS = 7)		Q4(MDS ≥ 8)		Total
No. per quartile	1288		1300		1394		1342		5324	1286		1015		1185		1838		5324
No. of self-reported hypertension cases	416		381		385		370		1552	426		326		357		445		1552

ARFS, Australian Recommended Food Score; MDS, Mediterranean Diet Score; Q, quartile; Ref., referent category.

^*Model 1: adjusted for energy (kJ/d), age, birth country (race), socio-economic status and education.

^†Model 2: model 1 additionally adjusted for physical activity, smoking and BMI.