Development of a dietary index based on the Brazilian Cardioprotective Nutritional Program (BALANCE)

Nutrition Journal

Table 5 Association between the BALANCE dietary index and characteristics of men and women with history of cardiovascular diseases

	MEN				WOMEN
Population characteristics	Crude		Adjusted^a		Crude		Adjusted^a
Population characteristics	Coefficient	95% CI	Coefficient	95% CI	Coefficient	95% CI	Coefficient	95% CI
Age, years (continuous)	0.06	0.01; 0.11	0.04	−0.01;0.10	0.05	−0.01; 0.11	0.04	−0.022; 0.10
BMI, kg/m2 (continuous)	− 0.09	− 0.20; 0.01	− 0.02	− 0.24; 0.20	− 0.08	− 0.17; 0.01	0.02	− 0.16; 0.20
Waist circumference, cm (continuous)	− 0.04	− 0.08; 0.00	− 0.04	− 0.12; 0.05	− 0.04	− 0.08; 0.00	− 0.06	− 0.13; 0.02
Hypertension (no = 0, yes = 1)	1.77	0.35; 3.18	1.86	0.41; 3.32	−2.38;	−2.26; 1.78	− 0.37	−2.46; 1.73
Dyslipidemia (no = 0, yes = 1)	− 0.20	−1.30; 0.91	− 0.53	−1.67; 0.61	− 0.18	− 1.43; 1.07	− 0.39	− 1.68; 0.90
Diabetes (no = 0, yes = 1)	0.37	−0.55; 1.29	0.40	− 0.54; 1.34	1.18	0.16; 2.20	1.56	0.48; 2.63
Smoking status (never smoked = 0)
Former smoker	0.01	− 1.00; 1.03	0.01	− 1.01; 1.03	0.30	− 1.67; 2.27	−0.12	− 1.21; 0.96
Current smoker	−2.53	−4.41; − 0.66	−2.13	−4.03; − 0.22	0.64	− 1.30; 2.58	−0.15	− 2.14; 1.84

BALANCE = Brazilian Cardioprotective Nutritional Program
BMI Body mass index
^aAdjusted for age, BMI, waist circumference, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes and smoking status

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