Table 3. Estimated average differences and 95% confidence intervals in BP, intake of raw vegetables and cooked vegetables higher by 2 s.d., US INTERMAP participants (N=2195).
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Systolic BP |
Diastolic BP |
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Adjusted for BMI |
Adjusted for BMI |
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| ΔBP (95% CI) | P-value | ΔBP (95% CI) | P-value | ΔBP (95% CI) | P-value | ΔBP (95% CI) | P-value | |
| All raw vegetables and all cooked vegetables (g per 1000 kcal) in Model 3 | ||||||||
| Raw vegetables (2 s.d.=67.9) | −1.84 (−3.00, −0.69) | 0.002 | −1.28 (−2.38, −0.17) | 0.023 | −1.01 (−1.79, −0.22) | 0.012 | −0.68 (−1.45, 0.09) | 0.083 |
| Cooked vegetables (2 s.d.=92.3) | −1.20 (−2.36, −0.05) | 0.041 | −0.83 (−1.94, 0.27) | 0.139 | −0.34 (−1.14, 0.45) | 0.393 | −0.13 (−0.90, 0.64) | 0.737 |
| Raw vegetables and cooked vegetables combined as total vegetables (g per 1000 kcal) in Model 3 | ||||||||
| Total vegetables (2 s.d.=121.0) | −2.19 (−3.38, −1.01) | 2.8 × 10−4 | −1.52 (−2.65, −0.38) | 0.009 | −0.93 (−1.74, −0.12) | 0.024 | −0.54 (−1.33, 0.24) | 0.175 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; CI, confidence interval.
Model 3: adjusted for age, gender, sample, education, physical activity, smoking status, history of cardiovascular disease or diabetes mellitus, family history of high BP, use of special diet, use of dietary supplement, urinary sodium, alcohol, polyunsaturated fatty acids, saturated fatty acids, and cholesterol.