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. 2021 Jul 26;10(3):243–256. doi: 10.7762/cnr.2021.10.3.243

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)
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.