Table 3 Association of dairy consumption with systolic and diastolic blood pressure in non-users of antihypertensive medications (n = 795)

From: Dairy consumption has a partial inverse association with systolic blood pressure and hypertension in populations with high salt and low dairy diets: cross-sectional data analysis from the Iwaki Health Promotion Project

 

β

(95% CI) SE

r2

P-value

Model 1 (Adjustment factors: Age, Sex, BMI)

Systolic blood pressure

 Low-fat dairy products

0.0014

(−0.030, 0.033) 0.016

0.212

0.932

 Whole- and high-fat dairy products

−0.0306

(−0.054, −0.007) 0.012

0.219

0.011*

 Total dairy products

−0.0232

(−0.044, −0.002) 0.011

0.217

0.029*

Diastolic blood pressure

 Low-fat dairy products

−0.0130

(−0.036, 0.010) 0.012

0.158

0.260

 Whole- and high-fat dairy products

−0.0108

(−0.028, 0.006) 0.009

0.158

0.217

 Total dairy products

−0.0143

(−0.029, 0.001) 0.008

0.160

0.065

Model 2 (Adjustment factors: Model 1 + Smoking [current, former, never])

Systolic blood pressure

 Low-fat dairy products

0.0005

(−0.031, 0.032) 0.016

0.220

0.975

 Whole- and high-fat dairy products

−0.0326

(−0.056, −0.009) 0.012

0.227

0.007**

 Total dairy products

−0.0252

(−0.046, −0.004) 0.011

0.226

0.018*

Diastolic blood pressure

 Low-fat dairy products

−0.0133

(−0.036, 0.009) 0.012

0.166

0.248

 Whole- and high-fat dairy products

−0.0111

(−0.028, 0.006) 0.009

0.166

0.206

 Total dairy products

−0.0146

(−0.030, 0.001) 0.058

0.168

0.058

Model 3 (Adjustment factors: Model 2 + Salt, Vegetable, Fruit intake [g/1000 kcal], Exercise time, di)

 Drinking [current, former, never]

Systolic blood pressure

 Low-fat dairy products

0.0019

(−0.029, 0.033) 0.016

0.231

0.906

 Whole- and high-fat dairy products

−0.0294

(−0.053, −0.006) 0.012

0.237

0.015*

 Total dairy products

−0.0223

(−0.043, −0.001) 0.011

0.236

0.039*

Diastolic blood pressure

 Low-fat dairy products

−0.0106

(−0.033, 0.012) 0.012

0.181

0.357

 Whole- and high-fat dairy products

−0.0069

(−0.024, 0.010) 0.009

0.181

0.430

 Total dairy products

−0.0103

(−0.026, 0.005) 0.008

0.182

0.186

  1. β, partial regression coefficient for each dairy intake. r2, adjusted r2
  2. CI confidence interval, SE standard error
  3. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01
  4. Bold values: significant at P < 0.05