Figure 2.
Association between biomarker estimated flavan-3-ol intake and systolic blood pressure. Predicted systolic blood pressure (95% confidence interval) in men (left, n=11,592) and women (right, n=14,026) adjusted for (model 5) age and BMI, smoking status, physical activity and social class, plasma vitamin C as marker of fruit and vegetable intake, tea and coffee intake, baseline health (self-reported diabetes mellitus, myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident), family history of myocardial infarction, use of anti-hypertensive or lipid-lowering drugs and menopausal status and hormone replacement therapy in women. The blue lines indicate the estimated differences in systolic blood pressure between low (10th percentile) and high (90th percentile) concentrations of the biomarker. Biomarker concentrations were adjusted by specific gravity.