Table 3.
Associations between the cumulative Mediterranean-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay diet score and echocardiographic indices (Numbers; β-coefficients and standard errors)
| Model 1* |
Model 2† |
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| Echocardiographic indices | n | β ‡ | SE | P § | β | SE | P § |
| Primary indices | |||||||
| Left ventricular ejection fraction (%) | 2240 | 0·03 | 0·01 | 0·02 | 0·01 | 0·01 | 0·24 |
| Left atrial emptying fraction (%) | 1611 | 0·02 | 0·01 | 0·21 | 0·002 | 0·01 | 0·87 |
| Left ventricular mass (g**) | 2239 | 0·02 | 0·01 | 0·01 | 0·02 | 0·01 | 0·01 |
| E/e’ ratio** | 2411 | −0·03 | 0·01 | 0·01 | −0·02 | 0·01 | 0·14 |
| Secondary indices | |||||||
| Global longitudinal strain (%) | 2402 | −0·03 | 0·01 | 0·01 | −0·003 | 0·01 | 0·77 |
| Global circumferential strain (%) | 2140 | −0·04 | 0·01 | 0·001 | −0·01 | 0·01 | 0·24 |
| Mitral annular plane systolic excursion (%) | 2483 | 0·03 | 0·01 | 0·01 | 0·02 | 0·01 | 0·12 |
| Longitudinal segmental synchrony (%**) | 2243 | −0·01 | 0·01 | 0·28 | −0·004 | 0·01 | 0·70 |
| Left ventricular hypertrophyl|| | 2437 | 0·56 | 0·31 | ||||
| OR | 1·10 | 1·19 | |||||
| 95% CI | 0·81–1·49 | 0·85–1·66 | |||||
| Aortic root diameter (mm) | 2483 | 0·01 | 0·01 | 0·19 | 0·01 | 0·01 | 0·12 |
Model 1 adjusted for sex, age and total energy intake.
Model 2 additionally adjusted for systolic blood pressure, anti-hypertensive medication, smoking status, diabetes mellitus, total to HDL-cholesterol ratio, BMI*, ventricular rate and physical activity.
β estimates represent the change in standardised echocardiographic index per 1 unit increase in the cumulative MIND diet score.
Bonferroni-corrected significance level is 0·01 for primary indices and 0·008 for secondary indices.
Odds ratios and corresponding 95% CI. Indicates change in the odds of LV hypertrophy.
Log-transformed.