Table 5 Parameter estimates (β coefficient, 95% confidence interval) relating blood pressure (BP) and dietary pattern by antihypertensive medication status, adjusted for BMI, age and gender: Taiwanese subjects representing the health screening cohort, Taiwan
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 |  − 2·8 |  − 8·3, 2·6 |  − 3·4 |  − 6·4, 3·0 |  − 2·6 |  − 5·5, 0·4 |  − 2·7 |  − 5·6, 0·2 |
Lacto-ovo vegetarian |  − 5·9** |  − 9·7, 21·5 |  − 6·0** |  − 9·4, − 1·2 |  − 3·2** |  − 5·4, 20·9 |  − 3·0** |  − 5·3, 20·8 |
Vegan |  − 3·8 |  − 10·7, 1·2 |  − 4·3 |  − 11·1, 0·2 |  − 4·2** |  − 7·9, 21·4 |  − 4·3* |  − 7·3, 20·3 |
BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||||
 ≤ 24·9 | 0·0 |  | 0·0 |  | 0·0 |  | 0·0 |  |
25·0–29·9 | 3·1 |  − 1·1, 7·0 |  − ·9 |  − 0·8, 6·5 | 3·5** | 1·3, 5·6 | 3·8*** | 1·9, 5·7 |
 ≥ 30·0 | 11·9*** | 7·1, 16·4 | 10·8*** | 6·8, 14·9 | 9·6*** | 7·1, 12·1 | 9·5*** | 7·4, 11·6 |
Gender (female/male) | 0·7 |  − 3·0, 4·3 |  − ·5 |  − 0·8, 4·0 |  − 1·3 |  − 3·3, 0·7 |  − 0·6 |  − 2·4, 1·1 |
Age (per year) | 0·7*** | 0·5, 0·8 | 0·7*** | 0·5, 0·8 | 0·003 |  − 0·07, 0·07 |  − 0·02 |  − 0·1, 0·04 |
Medication (no/yes) | No entries |  − 1·4 |  − 6·8, 4·0 | No entries |  − 2·3 |  − 2·1, 0·5 | ||
Exercise†| 0·1 |  − 0·2, 0·4 | 0·1 |  − 0·1, 0·4 | 0·004 |  − 0·1, 0·1 | 0·01 |  − 0·1, 0·1 |
Lacto-ovo × medication | No entries | 10·3* |  − ·3, 18·3 | No entries | No entries | |||