TABLE 4.

Dietary-mineral predictors of SBP and DBP in the US NHANES 2011–2014¹

	Women log(SBP)			Women log(DBP)			Men log(SBP)			Men log(DBP)
	β estimate	P	R 2	β estimate	P	R 2	β estimate	P	R 2	β estimate	P	R 2
Model from Table 3			0.31			0.11			0.15			0.14
Mineral intake (log)
Sodium	0.0054	0.13	0.31	0.00052	0.92	0.11	0.00043	0.90	0.15	0.0075	0.29	0.14
Potassium	−0.0063	0.14	0.31	−0.0048	0.33	0.11	−0.0063	0.08	0.15	0.0062	0.41	0.14
Calcium	−0.00099	0.80	0.31	0.004	0.30	0.11	−0.0082	0.001	0.15	−0.0016	0.71	0.14
Magnesium	−0.0061	0.16	0.31	−0.0051	0.27	0.11	−0.003	0.29	0.15	−0.002	0.80	0.14
Mineral intake ratios (log)
Sodium:potassium	0.014	0.01	0.31	0.006	0.30	0.11	0.011	0.01	0.15	0.0041	0.57	0.14
Sodium:calcium	0.0045	0.28	0.31	0.00079	0.89	0.11	0.01	0.001	0.15	0.004	0.45	0.14
Sodium:magnesium	0.011	0.02	0.31	0.0063	0.27	0.11	0.0065	0.09	0.15	0.0081	0.30	0.14
Calcium:magnesium	0.0043	0.35	0.31	0.0046	0.36	0.11	−0.0064	0.08	0.15	0.0023	0.70	0.14

¹Values were adjusted for age, age-squared, blood pressure medication, interactions of age and age-squared with blood pressure medication, race, BMI, and smoking. DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.