TABLE 4.

Associations of adherence to DASH and Mediterranean diet with secondary outcome variables.

Characteristic	MedD scores			DASH scores
FEV1/FVC	β	CI (95%)	P-value	β	CI (95%)	P-value
Unadjusted model	0.01	0.00−0.02	0.006	−0.01	−0.01−0.00	0.053
a	0.01	0.01−0.02	0.002	0.00	−0.01−0.00	0.173
b	0.00	0.00−0.01	0.271	−0.01	−0.01−0.00	0.005
c	0.00	0.00−0.01	0.355	−0.01	−0.01−0.00	0.003
Dyspnea	OR	CI (95%)	P-value	OR	CI (95%)	P-value
Unadjusted model	0.78	0.72−0.85	<0.001	0.66	0.61−0.73	<0.001
a	0.80	0.73−0.88	<0.001	0.75	0.68−0.83	<0.001
b	0.89	0.81−0.98	0.020	0.80	0.72−0.88	<0.001
c	0.92	0.84−1.01	0.088	0.80	0.73−0.89	<0.001
Cough	OR	CI (95%)	P-value	OR	CI (95%)	P-value
Unadjusted model	0.62	0.54−0.71	<0.001	0.65	0.56−0.74	<0.001
a	0.63	0.54−0.73	<0.001	0.68	0.59−0.78	<0.001
b	0.82	0.70−0.95	0.009	0.80	0.70−0.92	0.003
c	0.83	0.72−0.97	0.021	0.80	0.70−0.91	0.002
Expectoration	OR	CI (95%)	P-value	OR	CI (95%)	P-value
Unadjusted model	0.75	0.65−0.88	<0.001	0.74	0.64−0.85	<0.001
a	0.77	0.66−0.91	0.002	0.73	0.63−0.85	<0.001
b	1.01	0.84−1.20	0.949	0.86	0.74−1.01	0.059
c	1.03	0.84−1.23	0.744	0.86	0.74−0.99	0.042

CI, confidence interval; OR, Odds Ratio; MedD, Mediterranean diet; DASH, dietary approaches to stop hypertension.

^aAdjusted for gender, age, race/ethnicity, cohabitation, education, income-poverty ratio, body mass index, and total energy.

^bAdjusted for gender, age, race/ethnicity, cohabitation, education, income-poverty ratio, body mass index, total energy, smoking, and pack-years.

^cAdjusted for gender, age, race/ethnicity, cohabitation, education, income-poverty ratio, body mass index, total energy, smoking, pack-years, secondhand smoke, and asthma.