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Gender Differences in the relationship between carbonated sugar-sweetened beverage intake and the likelihood of hypertension according to obesity

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Abstract

Objectives

The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between hypertension and carbonated sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) intake according to gender and obesity.

Methods

The study used data from 2007, 2008 and 2009 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. A total of 9869 subjects (men = 3845 and women = 6024) were included. SSB intakes were calculated from food frequency questionnaires. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95 % confidence interval (CI) for hypertension were assessed using survey logistic regression and multivariable adjusted models.

Results

A total of 14.5 % of individuals were classified as having hypertension. The likelihood of hypertension in the third, fourth and fifth quintiles for SSB intake increased to OR 1.00, 1.20 and 1.42 respectively, after adjusting for confounding factors. Compared to the participants in the lowest tertile for SSB intake, participants in the third tertile showed an increased likelihood of hypertension with ORs (CI) of 2.00 (1.21–3.31) and 1.75 (1.23–2.49) for obese women and non-obese men, respectively.

Conclusions

The present study showed gender differences in the relationship between carbonated SSB intake and the hypertension according to obesity.

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Acknowledgments

We are truly grateful to the statistical team of Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for the consult of statistical analysis. In addition, we would like to thank Dr. Dong Wook Kim (Statistician, Dept. of policy Research Affairs, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital) for the consult of analysis program. We appreciate Dr. HunJoo Lee (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea) for intellectual input of revision. This study was supported by Korea Food Research Institute and partly carried out with the support of “Cooperative Research Program for Agriculture Science and Technology Development (Project No. PJ01227802)” of Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul,, Korea

    Hong Ji Song & Yu Jin Paek

  2. Department of Family Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine Hallym University, Seoul, Korea

    Min Kyu Choi

  3. Department of Healthcare Management, Eulji University, Seongnam-si, Korea

    Ki-Bong Yoo

  4. Department of Family Medicine, Seoul Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Korea

    Jae-Heon Kang

  5. Department of Food and Nutrition, Gachon University, Seongnam-si, Korea

    Hae-Jeung Lee

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Song, H.J., Paek, Y.J., Choi, M.K. et al. Gender Differences in the relationship between carbonated sugar-sweetened beverage intake and the likelihood of hypertension according to obesity. Int J Public Health 62, 573–581 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0855-3

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