Table 3.
Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Diet Score and Allostatic Load Index Score by Demographic, Socioeconomic, Lifestyle, and Health Characteristics—2001–2010 NHANES (n = 10,822) *.
| DASH score Continuous (n = 10,822) |
DASH score (<4.5 vs. ≥4.5) Categorical (n = 10,822) |
Allostatic load index (n = 10,822) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β (95% CI) | OR | 95% CI | β | 95% CI | |
| Age (years): | 0.0073 (0.0046, 0.0099) | −0.016 | −0.021, −0.012 | 0.029 | 0.027, 0.030 |
| Sex: | |||||
| Male | Ref. | Ref. | -- | Ref. | -- |
| Female | 0.28 (0.22, 0.33) | −0.53 | −0.64, −0.41 | −0.49 | −0.53, −0.44 |
| Race/Ethnicity: | |||||
| Mexican American | Ref. | Ref. | -- | Ref. | -- |
| Other Hispanic | −0.028 (−0.17, 0.11) | 0.14 | −0.14, 0.42 | 0.026 | −0.089, 0.14 |
| Non-Hispanic White | −0.25 (−0.38, −0.12) | 0.41 | 0.20, 0.62 | −0.034 | −0.12, 0.048 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | −0.41 (−0.54, −0.29) | 0.81 | 0.59, 1.04 | 0.0053 | −0.069, 0.079 |
| Other | 0.096 (−0.098, 0.29) | −0.056 | −0.37, 0.26 | 0.12 | −0.029, 0.27 |
| Education: | |||||
| <Less Than 9th Grade | Ref. | Ref. | -- | Ref. | -- |
| 9–11th Grade | −0.29 (−0.42, −0.15) | 0.45 | 0.18, 0.73 | −0.081 | −0.21, 0.048 |
| High School Graduate/General Education Development or Equivalent | −0.31 (−0.45, −0.17) | 0.44 | 0.19, 0.68 | −0.062 | −0.18, 0.061 |
| Some College or AA degree | −0.22 (−0.36, −0.091) | 0.34 | 0.11, 0.57 | −0.092 | −0.20, 0021 |
| College Graduate or above | 0.045 (−0.10, 0.19) | −0.17 | −0.43, 0.088 | −0.29 | −0.39, −0.19 |
| Marital status: | |||||
| Married/Living with partner | Ref. | Ref. | -- | Ref. | -- |
| Other | 0.014 (−0.059, 0.089) | −0.032 | −0.15, 0.091 | 0.048 | −0.011, 0.11 |
| Poverty-income ratio: | |||||
| <100% | Ref. | Ref. | -- | Ref. | -- |
| 100%–<200% | −0.062 (−0.16, 0.033) | 0.092 | −0.11, 0.29 | −0.053 | −0.13, 0.025 |
| ≥200% | −0.11 (−0.21, −0.0077) | 0.16 | −0.025, 0.35 | −0.14 | −0.24, −0.050 |
| Smoking status: | |||||
| Never smoker | Ref. | Ref. | -- | Ref. | -- |
| Ex-smoker | −0.10 (−0.19, −0.015) | 0.16 | −0.0017, 0.33 | −0.034 | −0.10, 0.038 |
| Current smoker | −0.25 (−0.33, −0.16) | 0.57 | 0.39, 0.75 | 0.28 | 0.21, 0.35 |
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Alcohol consumption
(≥12 glasses in the past 12 months): |
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| Yes | Ref. | Ref. | -- | Ref. | -- |
| No | −0.0053 (−0.095, 0.084) | −0.023 | −0.16, 0.12 | 0.072 | 0.0064, 0.13 |
| Physical activity: | |||||
| Yes | Ref. | Ref. | -- | Ref. | -- |
| No | −0.21 (−0.29, −0.13) | 0.35 | 0.22, 0.47 | 0.035 | −0.017, 0.088 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2): | -0.018 (−0.024, −0.0121) | 0.024 | 0.014, 0.035 | 0.11 | 0.10, 0.12 |
| Self-rated health: | |||||
| Excellent/Very good/Good | Ref. | Ref. | -- | Ref. | -- |
| Fair/Poor | −0.029 (−0.11, 0.051) | 0.014 | −0.14, 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.066, 0.22 |
* Fully-adjusted model. Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval, DASH = Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, SEM = standard error of the mean.