Table 3.

Associations of DASH Eating Pattern Score with LV Function in 4507 Participants in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

	End-Diastolic Volume		Stroke Volume		LV Ejection Fraction
	β (SE)	p Value	β (SE)	p Value	β (SE)	p Value
Crude	−0.77 (0.09)	<0.001	0.06 (0.02)	<0.05	0.20 (0.02)	<0.001
Model 1*	0.31 (0.08)	<0.001	0.12 (0.03)	<0.001	0.03 (0.02)	0.15
Model 2†	0.31 (0.08)	<0.001	0.12 (0.03)	<0.001	0.03 (0.02)	0.15
Model 3‡	0.26 (0.08)	<0.01	0.10 (0.03)	<0.001	0.04 (0.02)	0.08

SE = standard error.

^*Adjusted for gender, age, educational level, BMI, cigarette smoking, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, systolic blood pressure, use of diabetes medications, use of blood pressure-lowering medications, alcohol intake, and physical activity.

^†Adjusted for Model 1 plus energy intake.

^‡Adjusted for Model 2 plus race/ethnicity.