BLOOD PRESSURE AND NUTRITION IN ADULTS THE NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY

To provide a contemporary profile of blood pressure and nutritional and sociodemographic relationships in the adult US population, data from the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES-I), 1971–1975, were analyzed. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures increased with in creas...

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Published in:American journal of epidemiology 1984-07, Vol.120 (1), p.17-28
Main Authors: HARLAN, WILLIAM R., HULL, ALAN L., SCHMOUDER, ROBERT L., LANDIS, J. RICHARD, THOMPSON, FRANCES E., LARKIN, FRANCES A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Black or African American
Black People
Blood Pressure
body height
body weight
Data Collection
Diet
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
nutrition
Nutrition Surveys
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
White People
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Summary:To provide a contemporary profile of blood pressure and nutritional and sociodemographic relationships in the adult US population, data from the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES-I), 1971–1975, were analyzed. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures increased with in creasing age, but trends were different by sex and race groups. Body mass index (weight/height2) was the nutritional factor most strongly and consistently related to blood pressure. Among dietary constituents, alcohol consumption and calcium and phosphorus intake were the only variables having consistent and independent relationships to blood pressure. Sodium content of food and salt use had no relationship, and sodlum/potassium food content had only an inconsistent association. Regarding serum nutritional measures, serum calcium was directly related and serum phosphorus was inversely related to blood pressure. Serum urate, serum aspartate aminotransferase, and hemoglobin were also independently related to systolic and diastolic blood pressures. There were few important differences by race or sex in these correlates. These observations from a representative sample of the US population have useful implications for prevention and treatment of high blood pressure.
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113870