Table 2. Unadjusted mean (SD) and frequency (%) characteristics at baseline across Healthy Food Score quintiles among African American and white adults who were not hypertensive at baseline, ARIC (n = 9913), 1987–1989
There was no relation for the risk of developing high normal blood pressure across quintiles of HFscore (ptrend = 0.63) (Table 3, Model 2), while the HFscore was inversely associated with development of hypertension (Table 4, Full HFscore models). Participants categorized in the highest HFscore quintile were at 14% lower risk of incident hypertension (Model 2; ptrend = 0.01). After adjusting this model for BMI and diabetes at baseline and change in BMI, the relation was slightly attenuated (Model 3; ptrend = 0.06).