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Hypertension. 2002;39:1000-1006
doi: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000016178.80811.D9
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(Hypertension. 2002;39:1000.)
© 2002 American Heart Association, Inc.


Scientific Contributions

Eight-Year Blood Pressure Change in Middle-Aged Men

Relationship to Multiple Nutrients

Jeremiah Stamler; Kiang Liu; Karen J. Ruth; Jane Pryer; Philip Greenland

From Northwestern University Medical School (J.S., K.L., K.J.R., P.G.), Chicago, Ill; and the Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University of London (J.P.), London, United Kingdom.

Correspondence to Jeremiah Stamler, MD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, 680 N Lake Shore Dr, Suite 1102, Chicago, IL 60611. E-mail hwe216{at}northwestern.edu

Relationships of nutrients, alcohol intake, and change in weight to change in blood pressure over 8 years in 1714 employed middle-aged men from the Chicago Western Electric Study were explored. At first and second annual examinations, 2 in-depth interviews were performed to assess usual intake of foods and beverages during the preceding 28 days. Annual follow-up data through examination year 9 were used to determine change in weight and blood pressure. Averages of nutrients from 2 interviews were related to annual blood pressure change from baseline by use of the Generalized Estimating Equation, with control for confounders. In analyses of dietary variables considered individually, total and animal protein; total, saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids; cholesterol; Keys dietary lipid score; calcium; alcohol; and average annual change in weight were positively and significantly related to average annual change in systolic pressure; vegetable protein, total carbohydrate, beta-carotene, and an antioxidant vitamin score based on vitamin C and beta-carotene were inversely and significantly related to average annual change in systolic pressure. In analyses of combinations of dietary factors, cholesterol, Keys score, and alcohol were positively related to change in systolic pressure (eg, Z-scores 2.21, 2.05, and 2.50); vegetable protein and antioxidant index were inversely related to change in systolic and diastolic pressure. Change in weight was directly related to change in systolic and diastolic pressure. These findings support the concept that multiple macro- and micronutrients, alcohol intake, and calorie imbalance relate prospectively to blood pressure change.


Key Words: blood pressure • diet • nutrition • alcohol • body weight • population • prospective studies




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