Dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) score and obesity phenotypes in children and adolescents

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Dietary intakes of participants according to tertiles of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) score.

	Tertiles of the DASH score			P value*
	T1	T2	T3	P value*
Daily intakes
Components of DASH score (median score)	20	25	29
Total energy (Kcal)	3021 ± 971	2757 ± 858	2688 ± 752	0.007
Dietary fiber (g/1000 Kcal)	16.6 ± 6.6	17.2 ± 5.4	18.9 ± 5.2	0.019
Added sugar (g/1000 Kcal)	20.2 ± 7.9	18.6 ± 8.7	16.5 ± 7.2	< 0.001
Potassium (mg/1000 Kcal)	1347 ± 237	1500 ± 273	1713 ± 329	< 0.001
Magnesium (mg/1000 Kcal)	142 ± 21	157 ± 29	171 ± 26	< 0.001
Calcium (mg/1000 Kcal)	449 ± 119	512 ± 125	536 ± 139	< 0.001
Protein (% energy)	13.2 ± 2.2	13.4 ± 2.2	13.6 ± 2.0	0.014
Carbohydrate (% energy)	54.6 ± 5.9	55.5 ± 5.4	58.5 ± 4.8	< 0.001
Total fat (% energy)	34.1 ± 5.8	33.6 ± 5.3	31.0 ± 4.6	< 0.001
Saturated fatty acids (% energy)	10.6 ± 2.5	10.4 ± 2.5	9.5 ± 1.8	< 0.001
Monounsaturated fatty acids (% energy)	10.9 ± 2.5	10.6 ± 2.3	9.7 ± 1.8	0.001
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (% energy)	7.1 ± 2.1	7.2 ± 2.2	6.7 ± 1.7	0.431
DASH components
Whole grains (serving/1000 Kcal)	0.31 ± 0.47	0.46 ± 1.00	0.48 ± 0.50	0.026
Vegetable (serving/1000 Kcal)	0.73 ± 0.38	0.90 ± 0.42	1.23 ± 0.57	< 0.001
Fruits (serving/1000 Kcal)	0.81 ± 0.37	1.10 ± 0.60	1.49 ± 0.66	< 0.001
Low fat dairy (serving/1000 Kcal)	0.30 ± 0.30	0.50 ± 0.34	0.64 ± 0.40	< 0.001
Nuts, seeds, and legumes (serving/1000 Kcal)	0.49 ± 0.35	0.64 ± 0.40	0.81 ± 0.55	< 0.001
Red and processed meat (serving/1000 Kcal)	0.46 ± 0.27	0.32 ± 0.23	0.23 ± 0.16	< 0.001
Sweetened beverage (serving/1000 Kcal)	0.20 ± 0.22	0.12 ± 0.14	0.06 ± 0.10	< 0.001
Sodium (milligram/1000 Kcal)	1505 ± 373	1417 ± 513	1296 ± 363	< 0.001

Data represented as mean ± SD.
*Linear regression analysis was used to test the trend of continuous variables according to tertiles of the DASH score

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