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. 2020 Jan 21;14(1):76–84. doi: 10.4162/nrp.2020.14.1.76

Table 3. Odds ratio and 95% confidence interval of prehypertension and hypertension combined according to fried food intake.

Non-fried food consumer Fried food intake P for trend
Tertile 1 Tertile 2 Tertile 3
Percent energy intake
 No. of cases/Total N 33/83 45/115 43/115 56/115
 Median intake 0 7.88 19.41 41.02
 Age-adjusted 1.00 1.03 (0.55-1.93) 1.11 (0.59-2.08) 2.17 (1.15-4.09) 0.005
 Multivariate-adjusted1 1.00 1.03 (0.54-1.96) 1.17 (0.62-2.22) 2.24 (1.17-4.26) 0.004
 Multivariate-adjusted2 1.00 1.18 (0.61-2.31) 1.28 (0.65-2.51) 2.46 (1.24-4.87) 0.004
Grams per day
 No. of cases/Total N 33/83 40/115 53/115 51/115
 Median intake 0 62.90 156.00 335.00
 Age-adjusted 1.00 0.89 (0.47-1.68) 1.52 (0.82-2.84) 1.75 (0.93-3.27) 0.02
 Multivariate-adjusted1 1.00 0.94 (0.49-1.80) 1.50 (0.80-2.84) 1.84 (0.97-3.47) 0.02
 Multivariate-adjusted2 1.00 1.07 (0.54-2.11) 1.58 (0.81-3.07) 2.13 (1.09-4.18) 0.01
Grams per 1000 kcal of total energy intakes
 No. of cases/Total N 33/83 47/115 49/115 48/115
 Median intake 0 40.18 89.56 185.29
 Age-adjusted 1.00 1.05 (0.56-1.96) 1.37 (0.74-2.57) 1.69 (0.90-3.19) 0.06
 Multivariate-adjusted1) 1.00 1.10 (0.58-2.08) 1.39 (0.74-2.62) 1.76 (0.92-3.37) 0.05
 Multivariate-adjusted2) 1.00 1.26 (0.64-2.46) 1.50 (0.77-2.92) 1.95 (0.99-3.84) 0.05

1)Adjusted for age (years, continuous), education (high school or below, college or above), length of stay in Korea (years, continuous), smoking status (ever, never), and alcohol intake (ever, never)

2)Adjusted for age (years, continuous), education (high school or below, college or above), length of stay in Korea (years, continuous), smoking status (ever, never), alcohol intake (ever, never), and BMI (< 23, ≥ 23 kg/m2)