TABLE 6.
Weighted OR (95% CI) for hypertension in quartiles of adjusted dietary saturated fatty acid intake stratified by gender in NHANES, 1999–2018.
| Subgroup | Male (n = 3,778) |
P-value | OR (95% CI) | Female (n = 3,444) |
P-value | OR (95% CI) |
| SFAs | ||||||
| [–42.787, –5.854] (n = 945) | Ref | [–27.146, –3.582] (n = 861) | Ref | |||
| [–5.854, –0.566] (n = 944) | 0.91 | 0.91 (0.50, 1.66) | [–3.582, 0.348] (n = 861) | 1.10 | 1.10 (0.64, 1.92) | |
| [–0.566, 4.796] (n = 944) | 0.83 | 0.83 (0.37, 1.87) | [0.348, 4.47] (n = 861) | 1.04 | 1.04 (0.47, 2.30) | |
| [4.796, 116.405] (n = 945) | 0.77 | 0.77 (0.29, 2.04) | [4.47, 49.052] (n = 861) | 1.74 | 1.74 (0.61, 4.91) | |
| C4:0 | ||||||
| [–1.566, –0.328] (n = 948) | Ref | [–1.171, –0.195] (n = 865) | Ref | |||
| [–0.328, –0.123] (n = 939) | 0.85 | 0.85 (0.48, 1.49) | [–0.195, –0.041] (n = 854) | 0.69 | 0.69 (0.41, 1.16) | |
| [–0.123, 0.142] (n = 946) | 1.07 | 1.07 (0.57, 2.01) | [–0.041, 0.157] (n = 864) | 0.62 | 0.62 (0.32, 1.23) | |
| [0.142, 7.978] (n = 945) | 1.80 | 1.80 (0.77, 4.22) | [0.157, 2.574] (n = 861) | 0.69 | 0.69 (0.32, 1.48) | |
| C6:0 | ||||||
| [–0.874, –0.182] (n = 946) | Ref | [–0.647, –0.109] (n = 862) | Ref | |||
| [–0.182, –0.065] (n = 951) | 0.79 | 0.79 (0.45, 1.40) | [–0.109, –0.021] (n = 863) | 1.13 | 1.13 (0.66, 1.93) | |
| [–0.065, 0.082] (n = 936) | 0.74 | 0.74 (0.36, 1.52) | [–0.021, 0.093] (n = 858) | 1.55 | 1.55 (0.76, 3.16) | |
| [0.082, 4.301] (n = 945) | 0.52 | 0.52 (0.23, 1.19) | [0.093, 1.424] (n = 861) | 1.18 | 1.18 (0.50, 2.80) | |
| C8:0 | ||||||
| [–0.681, –0.134] (n = 941) | Ref | [–0.472, –0.077] (n = 859) | Ref | |||
| [–0.134, –0.046] (n = 947) | 1.14 | 1.14 (0.62, 2.10) | [–0.077, –0.011] (n = 862) | 1.33 | 1.33 (0.78, 2.28) | |
| [–0.046, 0.065] (n = 947) | 1.51 | 1.51 (0.67, 3.41) | [–0.011, 0.081] (n = 859) | 1.57 | 1.57 (0.67, 3.66) | |
| [0.065, 3.478] (n = 943) | 1.38 | 1.38 (0.61, 3.14) | [0.081, 3.227] (n = 864) | 1.04 | 1.04 (0.37, 2.91) | |
| C10:0 | ||||||
| [–1.291, –0.238] (n = 952) | Ref | [–0.896, –0.133] (n = 863) | Ref | |||
| [–0.238, –0.07] (n = 938) | 0.79 | 0.79 (0.41, 1.54) | [–0.133, –0.007] (n = 857) | 1.13 | 1.13 (0.62, 2.06) | |
| [–0.07, 0.143] (n = 942) | 0.59 | 0.59 (0.26, 1.35) | [–0.007, 0.16] (n = 862) | 0.89 | 0.89 (0.37, 2.12) | |
| [0.143, 5.596] (n = 946) | 0.62 | 0.62 (0.20, 1.91) | [0.16, 3.288] (n = 862) | 0.80 | 0.80 (0.30, 2.16) | |
| C12:0 | ||||||
| [–1.916, –0.394] (n = 945) | Ref | [–1.3798, –0.236] (n = 864) | Ref | |||
| [–0.394, –0.163] (n = 945) | 1.28 | 1.28 (0.76, 2.16) | [–0.236, –0.055] (n = 861) | 0.77 | 0.77 (0.47, 1.27) | |
| [–0.163, 0.166] (n = 943) | 0.81 | 0.81 (0.46, 1.42) | [–0.055, 0.242] (n = 857) | 0.62 | 0.62 (0.34, 1.13) | |
| [0.166, 22.855] (n = 945) | 1.30 | 1.30 (0.77, 2.20) | [0.242, 20.7318] (n = 862) | 0.69 | 0.69 (0.35, 1.35) | |
| C14:0 | ||||||
| [–5.382, –1.018] (n = 945) | Ref | [–4.3608, –0.638] (n = 861) | Ref | |||
| [–1.018, –0.314] (n = 944) | 1.10 | 1.10 (0.58, 2.08) | [–0.638, –0.111] (n = 861) | 0.90 | 0.90 (0.51, 1.61) | |
| [–0.314, 0.497] (n = 944) | 1.15 | 1.15 (0.51, 2.60) | [–0.111, 0.529] (n = 862) | 1.16 | 1.16 (0.54, 2.48) | |
| [0.497, 23.636] (n = 945) | 0.96 | 0.96 (0.37, 2.52) | [0.529, 8.976] (n = 860) | 1.06 | 1.06 (0.39, 2.88) | |
| C16:0 | ||||||
| [–22.230, –2.623] (n = 943) | Ref | [–14.070, –1.608] (n = 861) | Ref | |||
| [–2.623, –0.01] (n = 946) | 0.75 | 0.75 (0.48, 1.17) | [–1.608, 0.306] (n = 861) | 1.55 | 1.55 (0.96, 2.50) | |
| [–0.01, 2.654] (n = 945) | 1.07 | 1.07 (0.58, 1.96) | [0.306, 2.267] (n = 861) | 1.68 | 1.68 (0.88, 3.21) | |
| [2.654, 46.178] (n = 944) | 0.94 | 0.94 (0.43, 2.03) | [2.267, 18.082] (n = 861) | 1.40 | 1.40 (0.59, 3.32) | |
| C18:0 | ||||||
| [–10.703, –1.635] (n = 945) | Ref | [–7.027, –1.031] (n = 861) | Ref | |||
| [–1.635, –0.217] (n = 944) | 1.75 | 1.75 (1.11, 2.76) | [–1.031, –0.057] (n = 861) | 0.89 | 0.89 (0.59, 1.35) | |
| [–0.217, 1.256] (n = 944) | 1.19 | 1.19 (0.67, 2.12) | [–0.057, 0.951] (n = 861) | 0.97 | 0.97 (0.58, 1.64) | |
| [1.256, 17.257] (n = 945) | 1.10 | 1.10 (0.58, 2.10) | [0.951, 12.788] (n = 861) | 1.08 | 1.08 (0.57, 2.06) | |
Multivariate logistic regression models adjusted for covariates (age, race, marital, ratio of family income to poverty levels, BMI, education levels, smoking consumption status, alcohol consumption status, PA, protein, dietary fiber, total polyunsaturated fatty acids [total pfat]).