Association between joint physical activity and healthy dietary patterns and hypertension in US adults: cross-sectional NHANES study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lack of physical activity (PA), poor dietary habits, or other unhealthy lifestyle behaviors are potential modifiable risk factors for hypertension. It has been sufficiently demonstrated in previous studies that physical activity or healthy dietary patterns can reduce the risk of hypertension. However, no research focused on the joint effects of PA and healthy dietary patterns on hypertension in a representative sample of adults.

Methods

We used data collected from the 2007-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Healthy dietary patterns were assessed with the Healthy Eating Index 2015 (HEI-2015), and PA was measured using the metabolic equivalent minutes per week reported in questionnaires. We created four lifestyle categories based on the HEI-2015

SUBMITTER: Zhu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10953194 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature