Table 5.
Baseline multivitamin use and mean blood pressure changes.
| No use | Baseline multivitamin use |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Through the intervention period (10 years) | |||
| N | 13,828 | 8577 | |
| SBP | |||
| Age-adjusted mean (SD) | 5.19 (0.56) | 5.17 (0.57) | 0.91 |
| + Lifestyle, clinical, dietary factorsa | 5.52 (0.58) | 5.56 (0.59) | 0.85 |
| DBP | |||
| Age-adjusted mean (SD) | 0.24 (0.42) | 0.24 (0.43) | 0.99 |
| + Lifestyle, clinical, dietary factors | 0.66 (0.44) | 0.62 (0.44) | 0.76 |
| Through the observational follow-up period (18 years) |
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| N | 5715 | 3487 | |
| SBP | |||
| Age-adjusted mean (SD) | 5.33 (1.06) | 5.19 (1.07) | 0.63 |
| + Lifestyle, clinical, dietary factors | 5.56 (1.08) | 5.34 (1.09) | 0.42 |
| DBP | |||
| Age-adjusted mean (SD) | −1.10 (0.84) | −0.87 (0.85) | 0.30 |
| + Lifestyle, clinical, dietary factors | −1.00 (0.85) | −0.91 (0.86) | 0.69 |
SD, standard deviation; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure
a
Additionally adjusted for body mass index, smoking, physical activity, postmenopausal status, randomized treatment assignment, diabetes history, hypercholesterolemia history, alcohol consumption, intakes of fruits and vegetables, and whole grains.