Sex differences and dietary patterns in the association of air pollutants and hypertension

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Table 3 Association between the dietary pattern score of RRR and hypertension

Dietary score	Male		Female
Dietary score	OR (95%CI)	P trend	OR (95%CI)	P trend
Q1 Q2 Q3	Reference 0.93(0.70–1.25) 0.73(0.56-1.00)	0.009	Reference 0.92(0.70–1.22) 0.99(0.74–1.34)	0.819

CI, confidence interval. OR, Odds Ratio
95% CI for the association between dietary scores and hypertension in males and females were adjusted by controlling for age, BMI, annual household income, the main source of cooking fuel, physical activity level, family history of hypertension, education level, marital status, occupation, smoking habits, alcohol consumption, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease

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