Table 3.
The incidence risk of hypertension according to tertiles of dietary patterns among participants in Southwest China.
| Cases, n | Incident Density/1000 PYs |
HR (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |||
| Junk food pattern | |||||
| Low | 376 | 29.52 | 0.783 (0.682, 0.899) *** | 0.771 (0.671, 0.886) *** | 0.772 (0.671, 0.887) *** |
| Medium | 435 | 34.60 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| High | 366 | 34.00 | 0.865 (0.752, 0.994) * | 0.917 (0.794, 1.060) | 0.895 (0.775, 1.030) |
| Vegetable and grain pattern |
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| Low | 416 | 33.11 | 0.964 (0.842, 1.100) | 0.986 (0.860, 1.130) | 0.990 (0.864, 1.140) |
| Medium | 438 | 34.26 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| High | 323 | 25.67 | 0.762 (0.660, 0.880) *** | 0.775 (0.670, 0.895) *** | 0.774 (0.669, 0.894) *** |
Note: Model 1—adjusted for age, gender; model 2—model 1 plus nationality, education, marriage, occupation, hypertension family history, and baseline BMI value; model 3—model 2 plus smoking status, alcohol use, and regular physical exercise. ***: p < 0.001, *: p < 0.05. Abbreviations: PY, person-years; HR, hazard ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.