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. 2023 Aug 30;23:1663. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16588-6

Table 2.

Association of spicy food consumption with hypertension

OR (95%CI) P trend for model 4
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Frequency of spicy food consumption
 Total
  No Ref Ref Ref Ref 0.055
  <1 day/week 0.723(0.664,0.788) 0.978(0.889,1.076) 0.985(0.894,1.085) 0.970(0.879,1.072)
  1-2 days/week 0.547(0.507,0.590) 0.900(0.827,0.979) 0.924(0.848,1.007) 0.898(0.822,0.982)
  3-5 days/week 0.533(0.491,0.578) 0.962(0.877,1.054) 0.973(0.886,1.068) 0.922(0.837,1.015)
  6-7 days/week 0.652(0.613,0.694) 1.026(0.957,1.101) 0.987(0.919,1.061) 0.922(0.856,0.992)
 Malesa
  No Ref Ref Ref Ref 0.801
  <1 day/week 0.867(0.762,0.988) 1.063(0.925,1.222) 1.057(0.918,1.217) 1.048(0.906,1.212)
  1-2 days/week 0.689(0.616,0.770) 0.991(0.878,1.119) 0.989(0.874,1.118) 0.935(0.824,1.062)
  3-5 days/week 0.676(0.601,0.761) 1.059(0.931,1.203) 1.040(0.912,1.186) 0.969(0.846,1.110)
  6-7 days/week 0.767(0.700,0.841) 1.117(1.011,1.235) 1.045(0.941,1.159) 0.988(0.887,1.099)
 Femalesa
  No Ref Ref Ref Ref 0.042
  <1 day/week 0.636(0.567,0.714) 0.935(0.819,1.068) 0.950(0.831,1.087) 0.924(0.805,1.060)
  1-2 days/week 0.451(0.407,0.501) 0.859(0.762,0.969) 0.899(0.796,1.016) 0.890(0.785,1.008)
  3-5 days/week 0.420(0.374,0.471) 0.910(0.796,1.039) 0.941(0.822,1.076) 0.903(0.786,1.037)
  6-7 days/week 0.547(0.503,0.595) 0.969(0.878,1.070) 0.958(0.866,1.059) 0.886(0.799,0.982)
Strength of spicy food consumption
 Total
  No Ref Ref Ref Ref 0.035
  Weak 0.695(0.662,0.730) 0.977(0.924,1.034) 0.970(0.916,1.027) 0.927(0.874,0.983)
  Moderate 0.706(0.661,0.753) 1.102(1.024,1.186) 1.033(0.958,1.115) 0.956(0.884,1.034)
  Strong 0.862(0.747,0.993) 0.990(0.847,1.157) 0.885(0.754,1.038) 0.808(0.686,0.951)
 Malesa
  No Ref Ref Ref Ref 0.829
  Weak 0.768(0.713,0.827) 1.014(0.935,1.099) 0.987(0.908,1.072) 0.944(0.866,1.028)
  Moderate 0.807(0.738,0.883) 1.197(1.085,1.320) 1.095(0.989,1.213) 1.006(0.905,1.118)
  Strong 0.948(0.783,1.148) 1.085(0.886,1.329) 0.966(0.784,1.189) 0.892(0.720,1.107)
 Femalesa
  No Ref Ref Ref Ref 0.012
  Weak 0.632(0.591,0.676) 0.964(0.891,1.042) 0.970(0.896,1.050) 0.929(0.856,1.008)
  Moderate 0.522(0.473,0.577) 0.975(0.869,1.094) 0.949(0.844,1.066) 0.899(0.798,1.014)
  Strong 0.707(0.569,0.880) 0.939(0.734,1.200) 0.856(0.667,1.099) 0.757(0.587,0.977)
Years of eating spicy food-to-age ratio
  Total 2.213(1.926,2.543) 0.789(0.680,0.915) 0.752(0.647,0.875) 0.719(0.616,0.840) <0.001
  Malesa 1.965(1.620,2.384) 0.862(0.702,1.057) 0.820(0.666,1.010) 0.833(0.671,1.033) 0.097
  Femalesa 2.696(2.195,3.310) 0.727(0.585,0.904) 0.688(0.552,0.857) 0.632(0.505,0.792) <0.001

Model 1: original model without any adjustments

Model 2: adjusted for age, gender (male or female), household income (< 12 000 yuan, 12 000–19 999 yuan, 20 000–59 999 yuan,60 000–99 999 yuan, ≥ 100 000 yuan), family history of hypertension (yes or no)

Model 3: adjusted for model 2 plus smoking status (never, former, and current), alcohol drinking (continuous), physical activity (continuous), total energy intake per day (continuous), DASH score (continuous), snoring (no, occasionally, habitual)

Model 4: adjusted for model 3 plus BMI (continuous), waist circumference (continuous), dyslipidemia (yes or no), diabetes (yes or no)

awithout adjustment for gender