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Table 6 Hazard ratio of incident hypertension according to healthy eating index 2015

From: Healthy eating index 2015 and major dietary patterns in relation to incident hypertension; a prospective cohort study

Dietary pattern

categories

N

N. of cases

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

Model I

Model II

Model III

Model IV

Quartiles of HEI 2015

Q 1

479

84

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Q 2

337

59

0.84 (0.63, 1.12)

0.94 (0.70, 1.27)

0.98 (0.72, 1.34)

0.97 (0.71, 1.34)

Q 3

391

82

0.70 (0.53, 0.93)

0.75 (0.57, 0.98)

0.74 (0.55, 0.99)

0.71 (0.52,0.95)

Q 4

380

69

0.61 (0.46, 0.82)

0.71 (0.52, 0.94)

0.69 (0.51, 0.96)

0.7 (0.51, 0.97)

Tertiles of plant- based diet

T1

442

87

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T2

433

97

0.9 (0.69, 1.16)

1.03 (0.78, 1.34)

1 (0.76, 1.31)

1 (0.76, 1.34)

T3

420

110

0.69 (0.54, 0.9)

0.71 (0.55, 0.92)

0.68 (0.52, 0.9)

0.7 (0.53, 0.94)

Tertiles of high protein diet

T1

400

129

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T2

426

104

0.82 (0.67, 1.04)

0.84 (0.66, 1.08)

0.89 (0.69, 1.15)

0.94 (0.72, 1.23)

T3

469

61

0.83 (0.64, 1.09)

0.95 (0.7, 1.29)

1 (0.74, 1.37)

1.1 (0.81, 1.57)

Tertiles of unhealthy diet

T1

430

99

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T2

420

110

1.03 (0.81, 1.32)

1.07 (0.84, 1.37)

1.08 (0.83, 1.39)

1.15 (0.89, 1.5)

T3

444

85

1.06 (0.82, 1.38)

1.04 (0.8, 1.35)

1.02 (0.78, 1.34)

1.25 (0.9, 1.73)

  1. Model I: Unadjusted; Model II: Adjusted for sex and age; Model III: Adjusted for Model II plus SES, education level, physical activity, T2DM; Model IV: Adjusted for Model III plus BMI and energy intake