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. 2024 Feb 29;27(1):e85.
doi: 10.1017/S1368980024000569.

Association of consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages with elevated blood pressure among college students in Yunnan Province, China

Honglv Xu  1   2 , Yun Zhao  3 , Rui Tan  3 , Min Li  4 , Chunjie Yu  4 , Danyun Rui  1   2 , Jiangli Li  1   2 , Yuan Xiong  1   2 , Weibin Zheng  5
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Association of consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages with elevated blood pressure among college students in Yunnan Province, China

Honglv Xu et al. Public Health Nutr. .

Abstract

Objective: Although some studies have examined the association between eating behaviour and elevated blood pressure (EBP) in adolescents, current data on the association between sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) and EBP in adolescents in Yunnan Province, China, are lacking.

Setting: Cluster sampling was used to survey freshmen at a college in Kunming, Yunnan Province, from November to December. Data on SSB consumption were collected using an FFQ measuring height, weight and blood pressure. A logistic regression model was used to analyse the association between SSB consumption and EBP, encompassing prehypertension and hypertension with sex-specific analyses.

Participants: The analysis included 4781 college students.

Results: Elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were detected in 35·10 % (1678/4781) and 39·34 % (1881/4781) of patients, respectively. After adjusting for confounding variables, tea beverage consumption was associated with elevated SBP (OR = 1·24, 95 % CI: 1·03, 1·49, P = 0·024), and carbonated beverage (OR = 1·23, 95 % CI: 1·04, 1·45, P = 0·019) and milk beverage (OR = 0·81, 95 % CI: 0·69, 0·95, P = 0·010) consumption was associated with elevated DBP in college students. Moreover, fruit beverage (OR = 1·32, 95 % CI: 1·00, 1·75, P = 0·048) and milk beverage consumption (OR = 0·69, 95 % CI: 0·52, 0·93, P = 0·014) was associated with elevated DBP in males.

Conclusion: Our findings indicated that fruit and milk beverage consumption was associated with elevated DBP in males, and no association was observed with EBP in females.

Keywords: Association; College students; Hypertension; Prehypertension; Sugar-sweetened beverages.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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The level of hypertension, positive rate of hypertension and consumption rate of SSB in college students. SSB, sugar-sweetened beverages
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Association between SSB consumption and higher blood pressure in college students. SSB, sugar-sweetened beverages
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