Table 2 Blood pressures according to the quartiles of factor score for each dietary pattern¹

Systolic blood pressure

   Western pattern

Model 1

118.2 (0.4)

118.9 (0.3)

119.4 (0.4)

119.2 (0.5)

0.1340

Model 2

116.8 (0.2)

117.8 (0.2)

118.3 (0.3)

118.0 (0.3)

<.0001

Model 3

117.1 (0.2)

117.9 (0.2)

118.1 (0.2)

118.2 (0.3)

0.0002

Traditional northern pattern

Model 1

118.2 (0.4)

118.0 (0.5)

119.3 (0.4)

120.4 (0.3)

<.0001

Model 2

117.5 (0.2)

116.6 (0.2)

118.0 (0.3)

118.9 (0.3)

<.0001

Model 3

118.4 (0.2)

117.0 (0.2)

117.6 (0.3)

118.3 (0.3)

<.0001

Traditional southern pattern

Model 1

118.7 (0.5)

119.1 (0.4)

119.3 (0.4)

118.3 (0.3)

0.2638

Model 2

117.7 (0.3)

118.3 (0.2)

118.1 (0.2)

116.9 (0.3)

0.0002

Model 3

117.4 (0.3)

118.4 (0.2)

118.4 (0.2)

117.0 (0.2)

<.0001

Diastolic blood pressure

Western pattern

Model 1

76.9 (0.3)

77.3 (0.2)

77.9 (0.3)

78.2 (0.3)

0.0069

Model 2

76.2 (0.1)

77.1 (0.1)

77.2 (0.2)

76.7 (0.2)

<.0001

Model 3

76.5 (0.1)

77.2 (0.1)

77.0 (0.2)

76.8 (0.2)

0.0007

Traditional northern pattern

Model 1

76.2 (0.2)

77.1 (0.3)

78.5 (0.3)

78.8 (0.2)

<.0001

Model 2

76.2 (0.1)

75.9 (0.1)

77.3 (0.2)

78.1 (0.2)

<.0001

Model 3

76.8 (0.1)

76.1 (0.1)

77.0 (0.2)

77.6 (0.2)

<.0001

Traditional southern pattern

Model 1

77.7 (0.3)

77.3 (0.3)

77.6 (0.3)

77.6 (0.2)

0.7412

Model 2

77.2 (0.2)

76.8 (0.2)

76.9 (0.2)

76.4 (0.2)

0.0703

Model 3

77.0 (0.2)

76.9 (0.1)

77.1 (0.2)

76.5 (0.2)

0.0817