Table 4.
Adjusted ORs and 95% CIs of hypertension, according to longer age-adjusted relative telomere length (RTL), stratified by vegetable intake*
| Vegetable intake | Age-adjusted RTL | Normotensive n (%) |
Hypertensive n (%) |
OR (95% CI) | P-difference | P-interaction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <50 g/day | Short | 36 (50.0) | 33 (58.9) | 1.00 (reference) | 0.008 | |
| Long | 36 (50.0) | 23 (41.1) | 0.68 (0.33 to 1.40) | 0.330 | ||
| 50–150 g/day | Short | 136 (49.3) | 83 (51.6) | 1.00 (reference) | ||
| Long | 140 (50.7) | 78 (48.4) | 0.95 (0.64 to 1.42) | 0.809 | ||
| >150 g/day | Short | 39 (36.8) | 35 (64.8) | 1.00 (reference) | ||
| Long | 67 (63.2) | 19 (35.2) | 0.28 (0.14 to 0.57) | <0.001 |
*Adjusted for age (y), gender, body mass index (kg/m2), plasma total cholesterol, plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, plasma triglycerides, exercise (2+ times per week, yes/no), alcohol (at least once a week, yes/no) and current smoking (yes/no).