Table 2.
Blood pressures according to the quartiles of factor score for each dietary pattern1
| Quartiles of factor score | P for trend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | ||
| Systolic blood pressure | |||||
| Western pattern | |||||
| Model 1 | 118.2 (0.4) | 118.9 (0.3) | 119.4 (0.4) | 119.2 (0.5) | 0.1340 |
| Model 2 | 116.8 (0.2) | 117.8 (0.2) | 118.3 (0.3) | 118.0 (0.3) | <.0001 |
| Model 3 | 117.1 (0.2) | 117.9 (0.2) | 118.1 (0.2) | 118.2 (0.3) | 0.0002 |
| Traditional northern pattern | |||||
| Model 1 | 118.2 (0.4) | 118.0 (0.5) | 119.3 (0.4) | 120.4 (0.3) | <.0001 |
| Model 2 | 117.5 (0.2) | 116.6 (0.2) | 118.0 (0.3) | 118.9 (0.3) | <.0001 |
| Model 3 | 118.4 (0.2) | 117.0 (0.2) | 117.6 (0.3) | 118.3 (0.3) | <.0001 |
| Traditional southern pattern | |||||
| Model 1 | 118.7 (0.5) | 119.1 (0.4) | 119.3 (0.4) | 118.3 (0.3) | 0.2638 |
| Model 2 | 117.7 (0.3) | 118.3 (0.2) | 118.1 (0.2) | 116.9 (0.3) | 0.0002 |
| Model 3 | 117.4 (0.3) | 118.4 (0.2) | 118.4 (0.2) | 117.0 (0.2) | <.0001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure | |||||
| Western pattern | |||||
| Model 1 | 76.9 (0.3) | 77.3 (0.2) | 77.9 (0.3) | 78.2 (0.3) | 0.0069 |
| Model 2 | 76.2 (0.1) | 77.1 (0.1) | 77.2 (0.2) | 76.7 (0.2) | <.0001 |
| Model 3 | 76.5 (0.1) | 77.2 (0.1) | 77.0 (0.2) | 76.8 (0.2) | 0.0007 |
| Traditional northern pattern | |||||
| Model 1 | 76.2 (0.2) | 77.1 (0.3) | 78.5 (0.3) | 78.8 (0.2) | <.0001 |
| Model 2 | 76.2 (0.1) | 75.9 (0.1) | 77.3 (0.2) | 78.1 (0.2) | <.0001 |
| Model 3 | 76.8 (0.1) | 76.1 (0.1) | 77.0 (0.2) | 77.6 (0.2) | <.0001 |
| Traditional southern pattern | |||||
| Model 1 | 77.7 (0.3) | 77.3 (0.3) | 77.6 (0.3) | 77.6 (0.2) | 0.7412 |
| Model 2 | 77.2 (0.2) | 76.8 (0.2) | 76.9 (0.2) | 76.4 (0.2) | 0.0703 |
| Model 3 | 77.0 (0.2) | 76.9 (0.1) | 77.1 (0.2) | 76.5 (0.2) | 0.0817 |
1Values are adjusted means (standard error)
Model 1: adjusted for age (continuous) and sex (men/women)
Model 2: model 1 additionally adjusted for living area (urban/rural), education level (uneducated/primary school/middle school/higher education), presence or absence of a family history of hypertension, annual household income per family member (<800/800-1999/2000-4999/≥5000 RMB), alcohol consumption (continuous), total energy intake (continuous), physical activity level (sedentary/low active/active/very active), and smoking status (never smoked/former smoker/1-14 cigarettes/day/≥15 cigarettes/day)
Model 3: model 2 additionally adjusted for body mass index (continuous)