Table 3.

Association of dietary patterns with newly diagnosed hypertension¹

	Quartiles of factor score				P for trend
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Western pattern
Model 1	Reference	1.10 (0.95-1.27)	1.24 (1.06-1.45)	1.21 (1.02-1.44)	<.0001
Model 2	Reference	1.15 (0.99-1.34)	1.20 (1.01-1.42)	1.07 (0.86-1.33)	0.3759
Model 3	Reference	1.12 (0.96-1.31)	1.11 (0.93-1.32)	1.04 (0.83-1.31)	0.6638
Traditional northern pattern
Model 1	Reference	1.13 (0.96-1.34)	1.41 (1.20-1.65)	1.44 (1.24-1.67)	<.0001
Model 2	Reference	0.97 (0.81-1.16)	1.22 (1.03-1.44)	1.30 (1.11-1.53)	0.0001
Model 3	Reference	0.90 (0.75-1.09)	1.02 (0.86-1.22)	1.06 (0.90-1.24)	0.3341
Traditional southern pattern
Model 1	Reference	1.00 (0.85-1.17)	1.05 (0.89-1.23)	0.89 (0.76-1.04)	0.2850
Model 2	Reference	0.97 (0.81-1.16)	0.98 (0.80-1.18)	0.73 (0.59-0.89)	0.0040
Model 3	Reference	1.02 (0.84-1.23)	1.04 (0.85-1.28)	0.75 (0.60-0.92)	0.0122

¹Values are odds ratios (95% confidence interval)

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)