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JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION
Volume 25, Issue 3, Pages 164-171Publisher
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DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2010.48
Keywords
fruit intake; vegetable intake; nutrition; home blood pressure; home hypertension; healthy community resident
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan [15790293, 16590433, 17790381, 18390192, 18590587, 19590929, 19790423]
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan [H17-Kenkou-007, H18-Junkankitou (Seishuu)-Ippan-012, H20-Junkankitou (Seishuu)-Ippan-009, H20-Junkankitou (Seishuu)-Ippan-013]
- Japan Atherosclerosis Prevention Fund
- Uehara Memorial Foundation
- Takeda Medical Research Foundation
- National Cardiovascular Research Grants
- Biomedical Innovation Grants
- [16.54041]
- [18.54042]
- [19.7152]
- [20.7198]
- [20.7477]
- [20.54043]
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We investigate associations of fruit and vegetable intake with the risk of future hypertension using home blood pressure in a general population from Ohasama, Japan. We obtained data from 745 residents aged >= 35 years without home hypertension at baseline. Dietary intake was measured using a validated 141-item food frequency questionnaire, and subjects were then divided into quartiles according to the fruit and vegetable intake. Home hypertension was defined as home systolic/diastolic blood pressure of >= 135/85 mmHg and/or the use of antihypertensive medication. During a 4-year follow-up period, we identified 222 incident cases of home hypertension. After adjustment for all putative confounding factors, the highest quartile of fruit intake was associated with a significantly lower risk of future home hypertension (odds ratio 0.40, 95% confidence interval 0.22-0.74, P = 0.004). In conclusion, this study, based on home blood pressure measurement, suggests that higher intake of fruit is associated with a lower risk of future home hypertension. Journal of Human Hypertension (2011) 25, 164-171; doi:10.1038/jhh.2010.48; published online 6 May 2010
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