Table 6. Blood pressure predictors of obesity and overweight children and adolescents according to lifestyle (food intake and physical activity).
Model | Predictor variable | SBP (mmHg) | DBP (mmHg) | ||||
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p | B | R2 | p | B | R2 | ||
1 | Sex | 0.754 | −0.130 | 0.281 | 0.537 | −0.025 | 0.275 |
Age | < 0.001 | 0.354 | < 0.001 | 0.356 | |||
BMI | 0.005 | 0.213 | 0.007 | 0.205 | |||
Overweight | Referent | ||||||
Obesity | 0.747 | −0.016 | 0.547 | −0.031 | |||
2 | Sex | 0.538 | −0.026 | 0.307 | 0.286 | −0.045 | 0.303 |
Age | < 0.001 | 0.356 | < 0.001 | 0.342 | |||
BMI | 0.005 | 0.215 | 0.007 | 0.208 | |||
Overweight | Referent | ||||||
Obesity | 0.761 | −0.015 | 0.545 | −0.013 | |||
Fruit consumption rarely or never/day | Referent | ||||||
Fruit < 2 serving/day | 0.142 | 0.259 | 0.009 | 0.465 | |||
Fruit ≥ 2 serving/day | 0.059 | 0.334 | 0.003 | 0.533 | |||
Vegetable consumption rarely or never/day | Referent | ||||||
Vegetable < 3 serving/day | 0.404 | −0.147 | 0.159 | −2.250 | |||
Vegetable ≥ 3 serving/day | 0.345 | −0.168 | 0.149 | −0.258 | |||
Dairy consumption rarely or never/day | Referent | ||||||
Dairy < 3 serving/day | 0.549 | 0.145 | 0.463 | 0.144 | |||
Dairy ≥ 3 serving/day | 0.692 | 0.079 | 0.828 | 0.043 | |||
Fast foods/junk foods consumption almost every day | Referent | ||||||
Fast foods/junk foods 1–2 items/week | 0.085 | −0.135 | 0.090 | −0.134 | |||
Fast foods/junk foods rarely | 0.055 | −0.174 | 0.081 | −0.159 | |||
≤ 2 meals or snacks/day | Referent | ||||||
3–4 meals/day | 0.659 | −0.058 | 0.597 | −0.070 | |||
≥ 5 meals/day | 0.306 | −0.144 | 0.424 | −0.089 | |||
Nutritional pattern rating | 0.796 | 0.022 | 0.656 | 0.038 | |||
3 | Sex | 0.537 | −0.026 | 0.321 | 0.248 | −0.049 | 0.321 |
Age | < 0.001 | 0.344 | < 0.001 | 0.327 | |||
BMI | 0.005 | 0.2121 | 0.007 | 0.207 | |||
Overweight | Referent | ||||||
Obesity | 0.723 | −0.018 | 0.459 | −0.039 | |||
Fruit consumption rarely or never/day | |||||||
Fruit < 2 serving/day | 0.154 | 0.256 | 0.014 | 0.444 | |||
Fruit ≥ 2 serving/day | 0.096 | −0.324 | 0.014 | 0.480 | |||
Vegetable consumption rarely or never/day | Referent | ||||||
Vegetable < 3 serving/day | 0.217 | −0.229 | 0.045 | −0.374 | |||
Vegetable ≥ 3 serving/day | 0.189 | −0.277 | 0.038 | −0.439 | |||
Dairy consumption rarely or never/day | Referent | ||||||
Dairy < 3 serving/day | 0.432 | 0.169 | 0.525 | 0.130 | |||
Dairy ≥ 3 serving/day | 0.719 | 0.081 | 0.972 | −0.007 | |||
Fast foods/junk foods consumption almost every day | Referent | ||||||
Fast foods/junk foods 1–2 items/week | 0.080 | −0.156 | 0.047 | −0.177 | |||
Fast foods/junk foods rarely | 0.118 | −0.212 | 0.060 | −0.255 | |||
≤ 2 meals or snacks/day | Referent | ||||||
3–4 meals/day | 0.423 | −0.118 | 0.262 | −0.165 | |||
≥ 5 meals/day | 0.237 | −0.217 | 0.204 | −0.233 | |||
Nutritional pattern rating | 0.724 | 0.103 | 0.344 | 0.277 | |||
Watching TV/PC > 2 hours/day | Referent | ||||||
Watching TV/PC about 2 hours/day | 0.169 | −0.093 | 0.059 | −0.128 | |||
Watching TV/PC < 2 hours/day | 0.786 | 0.034 | 0.479 | −0.089 | |||
Does not any targeted physical activity | Referent | ||||||
Physical activity < 420 minutes/week | 0.169 | 0.116 | 0.329 | 0.081 | |||
Physical activity ≥ 420 minutes/week | 0.880 | 0.020 | 0.622 | −0.066 |
The test of Hierarchical regression was performed. Bold styled values indicate the statistically significance.
BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.