Review Article

Skipping Breakfast Is Associated with Hypertension in Adults: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of the included observational studies.

StudyCountryDesignParticipant characteristicsSample sizeAgeMaleMean BMIDefinition of breakfast skippersNumber of breakfast skippersFollow-up durationNumber of hypertensive patientsVariables adjustedQuality score
years%kg/m2years

Min 2011KoreaCSApparently healthy employees41530–5028.423.2Taking breakfast ≤3 days/week44NANRAge and sex8
Odegaard 2013USAPCCommunity young adults359825∼3745.526.7Taking breakfast ≤3 days/week1556181003Age, study center, race, sex, education, cigarette smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption, fast food restaurant use, dietary quality score, and BMI9
Deshmukh 2013USACSCommunity young adults531620∼3957.727.6Self-reported habitual breakfast skipping1277NA1313Age, gender, ethnicity, poverty income ratio, smoking status, alcohol consumption, physical activity, energy intake, and marital status9
Mogre 2016GhanaCST2DM patients37820∼7034.926.8Self-reported habitual breakfast skipping88NA256Age, sex, duration of DM, marriage, education, BMI, and family history of DM8
Lee 2016KoreaCSCommunity adults3880>2040.523.7Self-reported habitual breakfast skipping510NA1004Age, sex, DM, regular exercise, current smoking, BMI, WC, and RBC count8
McCurley 2021USACSHospital employees60220∼7521NRTaking breakfast ≤3 days/week102NA125Age, sex, race, ethnicity, education, shift work status, marital status, household size, job type, 1-year weight goal, and number of items purchased8

BMI, body mass index; NR, not reported; NA, not applicable; CS, cross-sectional; PC, prospective cohort; DM, diabetes mellitus; T2DM, type 2 DM; RBC, red blood cells; WC, waist circumference.