Associations of dietary patterns with hypertension among adults in Jilin Province, China: a structural equation modelling approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the direct and indirect associations of dietary patterns with hypertension using structural equation modelling (SEM).

Design

Factor analysis with varimax rotation was used to classify different dietary patterns and SEM was employed to investigate the associations of dietary patterns with hypertension. Total cholesterol to HDL-cholesterol (TC:HDL-C) ratio and LDL-cholesterol to HDL-cholesterol (LDL-C:HDL-C) ratio were used as observed indicator variables of the lipid latent variable. Waist circumference, body fat percentage and BMI, which were associated with hypertension, were used as observed indicator variables of the obesity latent variable.

Setting

International Chronic Disease Cohort (ICDC) that began in 2005 with the purpose of describing th

SUBMITTER: Ye J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6536898 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature