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. 2020 Oct 28;9(11):1567. doi: 10.3390/foods9111567

Table 4.

Linear regression coefficient for the association between the caloric contribution of daily intake of unprocessed or minimally processed foods, culinary ingredients and processed foods, and ultra-processed foods with anthropometric indicators of obesity and systolic and diastolic blood pressure among children aged 7–10 years old. Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, Brazil (n = 164).

BMI (kg/m2) a WC (cm) a WHtR a SBP (mmHg) b DBP (mmHg) b
β IC (95%) R2 β IC (95%) R2 β IC (95%) R2 β IC (95%) R2 β IC (95%) R2
Unprocessed or minimally processed foods −0.006 −0.058 to 0.047 0.050 0.005 −0.126 to 0.136 0.071 0.001 −0.001 to 0.001 0.027 −0.021 −0.116 to 0.073 0.199 −0.096 −0.186 to −0.006 0.202
Culinary ingredients and processed foods 0.025 −0.059 to 0.108 0.052 0.083 −0.123 to 0.288 0.075 0.001 −0.001 to 0.002 0.029 0.001 −0.148 to 0.151 0.198 0.044 −0.099 to 0.188 0.180
Ultra-processed foods −0.004 −0.057 to 0.048 0.050 −0.037 −0.167 to 0.092 0.073 0.001 −0.001 to 0.001 0.029 0.020 −0.073 to 0.114 0.199 0.076 −0.013 to 0.166 0.194

WC, waist circumference. BMI, body mass index. WHtR, waist-to-height ratio. CI, Confidence interval. DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure. a Adjusted by age, sex and total caloric intake (kcal/day). b Adjusted by age, sex, total caloric intake (kcal/day) and waist circumference.