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Dietary patterns and blood pressure among middle-aged and elderly Chinese men in Shanghai

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2010

Sang-Ah Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 600, IMPH, NashvilleTN37203-1738, USA Department of Preventive Medicine, Kangwon National University, Hyuja2-dong Chucheon-si, Kangwon-do, 110-799Gangwon-do, South Korea
Hui Cai
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 600, IMPH, NashvilleTN37203-1738, USA
Gong Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 600, IMPH, NashvilleTN37203-1738, USA
Wang-Hong Xu
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, and Cancer Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 25, 2200 Xie Tue Road, Shanghai, PR China
Wei Zheng
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 600, IMPH, NashvilleTN37203-1738, USA
Honglan Li
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, and Cancer Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 25, 2200 Xie Tue Road, Shanghai, PR China
Yu-Tang Gao
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, and Cancer Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 25, 2200 Xie Tue Road, Shanghai, PR China
Yong-Bing Xiang
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, and Cancer Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 25, 2200 Xie Tue Road, Shanghai, PR China
Xiao Ou Shu*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 600, IMPH, NashvilleTN37203-1738, USA
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*Corresponding author: Xiao Ou Shu, fax +1 615 936 8291, email xiao-ou.shu@vanderbilt.edu
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Abstract

The prevalence of hypertension has increased over the past decade in many developed and developing countries, including China. This increase may be associated with changes in lifestyle, including dietary patterns. We evaluated the association of dietary patterns with blood pressure (BP) by using data from a large, population-based cohort study of middle-aged and elderly Chinese men, the Shanghai Men's Health Study. The present cross-sectional analysis includes 39 252 men who reported no prior history of hypertension, diabetes, CHD, or stroke nor use of antihypertensive drugs at study enrolment. Three dietary patterns, ‘vegetable’, ‘fruit and milk’ and ‘meat’, were derived using factor analysis. The fruit and milk diet was inversely associated with both systolic and diastolic BP (Ptrend < 0·001). The adjusted mean systolic BP was 2·9 mmHg lower (95 % CI − 3·4, − 2·4), and diastolic BP was 1·7 mmHg lower (95 % CI − 2·0, − 1·4) for men in the highest quintile of the ‘fruit and milk’ pattern compared with men in the lowest quintile. This inverse association was more evident among heavy drinkers; the highest quintile of the ‘fruit and milk’ pattern was associated with a 4·1 mmHg reduction in systolic BP v. a 2·0 mmHg reduction among non-drinkers (Pinteraction = 0·003) compared to the lowest quintile. The corresponding reductions in diastolic BP were 2·0  v. 1·3 mmHg (Pinteraction = 0·011). The ‘fruit and milk’ pattern was associated with a lower prevalence of both pre-hypertension and hypertension, and the associations appeared to be stronger among drinkers. Results of the present study suggest an important role for diet in the prevention of hypertension.

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Table 1 Selected characteristics by categories of dietary patterns in the Shanghai Men's Health Study, 2002–6(Mean values and standard deviations or percentages)

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Table 2 Association of cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption with blood pressure (BP) measured at the baseline survey of the Shanghai Men's Health Study, 2002–6(Mean values, standard deviations, OR and 95 % CI)

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Table 3 Association of food groups based on factor analysis with blood pressure (BP) measured at baseline survey of the Shanghai Men's Health Study, 2002–6(Mean values, standard deviations, OR and 95 % CI)

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Table 4 Fruit and milk dietary pattern loading score and blood pressure (BP) measured at baseline survey, stratified by smoking and alcohol consumption status, Shanghai Men's Health Study, 2002–6(OR and 95 % CI)

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Table 5 Association of dietary patterns with pre-hypertension and hypertension according to polychotomous multiple regression analysis stratified by alcohol consumption*(OR and 95 % CI)

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