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Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2019 Apr 17;56(6):819–826. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.11.022

Table 2.

Hazard Ratios Between DASH Diet Score Quintile and Incident HF- All Participants (N=4,478)

Models	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	p-trend

		HR (95% CI)	HR (95% CI)	HR (95% CI)	HR (95% CI)
Model 1	ref	1.2 (0.8, 2.0)	1.1 (0.7, 1.7)	0.8 (0.5, 1.3)	0.7 (0.4, 1.2)	0.123
Model 2	ref	1.3 (0.8, 2.1)	1.2 (0.8, 2.0)	1.0 (0.6, 1.6)	0.9 (0.5, 1.5)	0.458
Model 3	ref	1.2 (0.7, 1.9)	1.1 (0.7, 1.8)	0.9 (0.5, 1.5)	0.8 (0.5, 1.4)	0.562
Model 4	ref	1.1 (0.7, 1.8)	1.1 (0.7, 1.8)	0.9 (0.5, 1.4)	0.7 (0.4, 1.2)	0.265

Notes: Model 1: Adjusted for gender, age; Model 2: Adjusted for Model 1 plus race, education, energy, tobacco, site, exercise, energy, and BMI; Model 3: Adjusted for Model 2 plus HTN, diabetes, HDL; Model 4: Adjusted for Model 3 plus EF, LV mass.

DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; HF, heart failure; HR, hazard ratio; Q, quintile; HTN, hypertension; HDL, high- density lipoprotein; EF, ejection fraction; LV, left ventricular.