Table 4 Parameter estimates (β coefficient, 95% confidence interval) relating blood pressure (BP) and dietary pattern by antihypertensive medication status, adjusted for gender and age: subjects representing the Taiwanese Health Study
Variable | Systolic BP | Diastolic BP | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | No treatment (n 374) | All (n 500) | No treatment (n 374) | All (n 500) | ||||
|  | β | 95% CI | β | 95% CI | β | 95% CI | β | 95% CI |
Non-vegetarian | 0·0 |  | 0·0 |  | 0·0 |  | 0·0 |  |
Partial vegetarian |  − 5·1 |  − 10·6, 0·4 |  − 4·9 |  − 10·5, 0·8 |  − 4·4** |  − 7·5, − 1·2 |  − 4·2** |  − 7·3, − 1·07 |
Lacto-ovo vegetarian |  − 9·1*** |  − 13·1, − 4·9 |  − 8·9*** |  − 13·1, − 4·7 |  − 5·8*** |  − 8·1, − 3·4 |  − 5·7*** |  − 7·5, − 2·9 |
Vegan |  − 6·8* |  − 12·7, − 1·0 |  − 7·1** |  − 12·9, − 1·4 |  − 6·9*** |  − 10·1, − 3·7 |  − 6·6*** |  − 9·0, − 3·1 |
Gender (female/male) | 0·7 |  − 3·0, 4·5 |  − ·5 |  − 0·8, 5·9 |  − 1·2 |  − 3·3, 1·0 |  − 0·8 |  − 2·6, 1·0 |
Age (per year) | 0·6*** | 0·5, 0·8 | 0·6*** | 0·5, 0·8 |  − 0·003 |  − 0·08, 0·08 |  − 0·04 |  − 0·1, 0·02 |
Medication (no/yes) | No entries | 0·6 |  − 4·8, 6·1 | No entries | 0·57 |  − 3·5, 2·4 | ||
Exercise†|  − 0·01 |  − 0·3, 0·3 | 0·04 |  − 0·2, 0·3 |  − 0·05 |  − 0·2, 0·1 |  − 0·03 |  − 0·2, 0·1 |
Lacto-ovo × medication | No entries | 9·5* | 1·5, 17·6 | No entries | No entries | |||