[Dietary patterns and hypertension among adults in Taiwan].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the relationship between dietary pattern and hypertension in Taiwan adults.


METHODS
According to the inclusion criteria, a total of 65 140 subjects aged 20-75 years who participating health examination in the Meizhao health centers in Taiwan were included in 2006. The food intake and lifestyle pattern of them were accessed. The identification of hypertension was based on the diagnostic criteria from JNC-VII. Factor analysis and multivariate logistic regression model was used to explore the associations of dietary patterns with hypertension for males and females.


RESULTS
Four dietary patterns were identified, namely "high protein" pattern, "prudent" pattern, "western" pattern, and "egg and dairy foods" pattern. After age, gender, BMI, physical activity, education level, smoking and alcohol intake being adjusted, relative to the "western" pattern, the risk of hypertension in males with "prudent", "high protein" and egg and dairy foods" patterns were significantly lower, the OR were 0. 95 (95% CI 0. 92 - 0.98), 0.97 (95% CI 0.94 - 0.99) and 0.94 (95% CI 0.91 - 0.97), respectively. Significant lower risk of hypertension in females for the "high protein" pattern group was found, with OR of 0.96 (95% CI 0. 2 -0.99).


CONCLUSIONS
Our results indicated that increasing the intake of protein, dairy products, vegetables and fruit was related to a reduction of high blood pressure risk, especially in men.
Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
Yujie
Y
Wang
Zheng
Z
Shu
Feng
F
Sun
Qiushan
Q
Tao
Siyan
S
Zhan
Yanfang
Y
Wang
Ying
Y
Xiao
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D003611:Dairy Products; D004032:Diet; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014675:Vegetables; D055815:Young Adult