Table 3.
The distribution of obesity and blood pressure stratified by soy food intake (%).
| Liquid Soy Food (Cups/Day) |
Solid Soy Food (Servings/Day) | All Soy Food (Times/Week) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | None 1,† | Medium 1,† | High 1,† | p Value | None 2,† | Medium 2,† | High 2,† | p Value | None 3,† | Medium 3,† | High 3,† | p Value | |
| BMI | 0.004 a | 0.059 | 0.105 | ||||||||||
| Normal, % | 70.6 | 72.0 | 68.8 * | 70.7 | 0.013 a | 71.2 | 70.5 | 69.8 | 0.381 | 70.5 | 70.8 | 70.4 | 0.935 |
| Overweight, % | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 9.9 | 0.448 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 10.3 | 0.139 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 0.138 |
| Obesity, % | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 0.414 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.9 * | 0.032 a | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 0.175 |
| Abdominal obesity | 0.639 | 0.143 | 0.074 | ||||||||||
| No, % | 86.1 | 86.5 | 86.0 | 85.7 | 86.4 | 86.6 | 85.1 | 86.2 | 87.2 | 85.3 | |||
| Yes, % | 13.9 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.8 | 14.7 | |||
| Hypertension HTN | 0.038 a | 0.263 | 0.116 | ||||||||||
| Normal, % | 75.6 | 75.3 | 75.3 | 76.3 | 0.569 | 75.9 | 76.1 | 74.9 | 0.528 | 76.0 | 75.2 | 75.6 | 0.750 |
| Pre-hypertension, % | 14.5 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 15.1 | 0.395 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 15.6 | 0.095 | 13.7 | 14.4 | 15.3 * | 0.142 |
| Hypertension, % | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 8.7 * | 0.010 a | 10.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 0.600 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 0.114 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure. † None 1, 0 cups/day; medium 1, 0–0.4 cups/day; high 1, >0.4 cups/day. None 2, 0–0.1429 servings/day; medium 2, 0.1429–0.4286 servings/day; high 2, >0.4286 servings/day. None 3, 0–1 times/week; medium 3, 1–3 times/week; high 3, >3 times/week. * p < 0.05, compared with no intake (χ2 test to discriminate pairwise comparisons). a p < 0.05, boys vs. girls, assessed by the χ2 test for categorical variables.