Gender differences in the association between healthy eating index-2015 and hypertension in the US population: evidence from NHANES 1999-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diet has long been recognized as an important modifiable risk factor for hypertension. Herein, our research goal was to decipher the association of healthy eating index-2015 (HEI-2015) with hypertension, and to explore potential gender differences.

Methods

We collected the cross-sectional data of 42,391 participants of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2018. The association of HEI-2015 with hypertension was estimated using weighted multivariate logistic regression, with restricted cubic spline (RCS) regression being adopted to examine the nonlinearity of this association in both genders, and the stability of the results were examined by sensitivity analysis. We also performed subgroup analysis to detect potential difference in the

SUBMITTER: Weng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10829399 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature