The EVIDENT diet quality index is associated with cardiovascular risk and arterial stiffness in adults

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Table 6 Multiple regression analysis: Relationship between EVIDENT index with Cardiovascular risk, blood pressure, waist circumference and PWV

	CV Risk			SBP			Waist circumference			PWV^a
	β	95% CI	p	β	95% CI	p	β	95% CI	p	β	95% CI	p
Model 1	0.260	0.042 to 0.478	0.020	−0.028	−0.304 to 0.248	0.842	−0.035	−0.108 to 0.038	0.353	−0.029	−0.107 to 0.050	0.476
Model 2	−0.223	−0.377 to −0.069	0.005	−0.444	−0.708 to −0.180	0.001	−0.094	−0.170 to −0.018	0.015	−0.082	−0.147 to −0.017	0.014
Model 3	−0.143	−0.267 to −0.019	0.023	−0.427	−0.685 to −0.168	0.001	−0.241	−0.426 to −0.056	0.011	−0.089	−0.148 to −0.030	0.003

CV Cardiovascular risk, SBP Systolic blood pressure, PWV Pulse wave velocity
p: statistically significant differences (p < 0.05)
Model 1: No adjusted
Model 2: Adjusted for age, gender
Model 3: Adjusted for age, gender, smoking, energy intake, antihypertensive, antidiabetic and lipid-lowering drugs
^aModel 3 (PWV). Adjusted for age, gender, smoking, energy intake, antihypertensive, antidiabetic and lipid-lowering drugs and systolic blood pressure
Independent variable: EVIDENT diet index score

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