Table 2.

Cross-sectional associations between yogurt and blood pressure in a sample of the total sample (n = 3 068), persons (n = 1 246) with hypertension, and persons (n = 1 822) with normal blood pressure.

		Variable	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
			β 95% CI	P value	β 95% CI	P value	β 95% CI	P value
Total sample	SBP	Yogurt intake frequency (high vs low)	−4.65 (−6.15∼−3.15)	<0.001	−1.59 (−2.85∼−0.32)	0.014	−1.46 (−2.72∼−0.2)	0.023
	DBP		−1.98 (−2.85∼−1.11)	<0.001	−1.7 (−2.56∼−0.83)	<0.001	−1.59 (−2.45∼−0.73)	<0.001
	MAP		−3.53 (−4.69∼−2.37)	<0.001	−2.22 (−3.33∼−1.12)	<0.001	−2.08 (−3.17∼−0.99)	<0.001
	Pulse pressure		−2.67 (−4.08∼−1.26)	<0.001	0.11 (−1.11∼1.33)	0.860	0.13 (−1.09∼1.36)	0.833
Hypertension	SBP		−1.25 (−3.79∼1.29)	0.334	−0.33 (−2.7∼2.04)	0.783	−0.6 (−2.97∼1.77)	0.619
	DBP		−0.38 (−1.93∼1.17)	0.633	−0.81 (−2.3∼0.69)	0.289	−0.93 (−2.42∼0.55)	0.218
	MAP		−0.8 (−2.74∼1.15)	0.423	−0.92 (−2.87∼1.03)	0.356	−1.13 (−3.07∼0.8)	0.252
	Pulse pressure		−0.87 (−3.49∼1.75)	0.514	0.48 (−1.77∼2.72)	0.678	0.33 (−1.91∼2.58)	0.772
Nonhypertension	SBP		−2.01 (−3.05∼−0.97)	<0.001	−1.42 (−2.41∼−0.42)	0.005	−1.2 (−2.18∼−0.23)	0.016
	DBP		−1.73 (−2.68∼−0.78)	<0.001	−1.58 (−2.52∼−0.65)	0.001	−1.45 (−2.38∼−0.52)	0.002
	MAP		−2.4 (−3.53∼−1.28)	<0.001	−2.06 (−3.14∼−0.97)	<0.001	−1.85 (−2.93∼−0.78)	0.001
	Pulse pressure		−0.28 (−1.4∼0.84)	0.625	0.17 (−0.96∼1.29)	0.770	0.25 (−0.87∼1.38)	0.661

Model 1, no covariates were included; model 2, model 1 + age, marriage, and income; model 3, model 2 + diabetes, BMI, HDL-C, and TG.