The Comparison of Dietary Behaviors among Rural Controlled and Uncontrolled Hypertensive Patients

Table 5

Multiple linear regressions of dietary variables in predicting systolic blood pressure in the patients of both groups.

	Model		Beta		value	Adjusted
Controlled group	1	Sodium	0.442	10.2		19.5
Controlled group	2	Sodium	0.355	8.4		23.4
		Nutritional awareness	−0.322	−7.6
Controlled group	3	Sodium	0.125	2.2	0.02	30.6
		Nutritional awareness	−0.263	−6
		Saturated	0.06	0.9	0.33
		Vitamin C	−0.150	−3.2
		Calcium	−0.188	−4
		Intake energy	0.180	2.7	0.006
Uncontrolled group	1	Sodium	0.847	24.4		71.7
Uncontrolled group	2	Sodium	0.590	15.5		80.4
		Nutritional awareness	−0.394	−10.4
Uncontrolled group	3	Sodium	0.621	16.9		83
		Nutritional awareness	−0.368	−9.9
		Carbohydrate	−0.200	−6.1
		Dietary fiber	0.115	3.5