1. Associations of spicy food flavour and intake frequency with blood lipid levels and risk of abnormal serum lipid levels in Chinese rural population: a cross-sectional study.
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Dong, Xiaokang, Li, Yuqian, Yang, Kaili, Zhang, Lulu, Xue, Yuan, Yu, Songcheng, Liu, Xiaotian, Tu, Runqi, Qiao, Dou, Luo, Zhicheng, Liu, Xue, Wang, Yan, Li, Wenjie, and Wang, Chongjian
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BLOOD lipids , *FOOD consumption , *RURAL population , *CROSS-sectional method , *LIPIDS , *LOGISTIC regression analysis , *LIPID metabolism , *HIGH density lipoproteins - Abstract
Objective: The purpose of the current study was to investigate associations between spicy food intake and serum lipids levels in Chinese rural population. Design: Information on spicy food flavour and intake frequency was obtained using a two-item questionnaire survey. Dietary data were collected using a validated thirteen-item FFQ. Fasting blood samples were collected and measured for total cholesterol (TC), TAG, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol. Multivariate linear and logistic regression models were employed to examine the relationship between spicy food and serum lipids levels according to the spicy food flavour and intake frequency, respectively. Setting: A cross-sectional study in Henan Province. Participants: 38 238 participants aged 18–79 years old. Results: Spicy flavour and intake frequency were consistently associated with decreased TC and non-HDL-cholesterol levels but mildly associated with elevated TAG levels. Each level increment in spicy flavour was inversely associated with high TC (OR: 0·91; 95 % CI 0·88, 0·93) and high non-HDL-cholesterol (OR: 0·88; 95 % CI 0·85, 0·91) but positively associated with high TAG (OR: 1·04; 95 % CI 1·01, 1·07). Similarly, 1-d increment in spicy food intake frequency was also inversely associated with high TC (OR: 0·92; 95 % CI 0·91, 0·94) and high non-HDL-cholesterol (OR: 0·91; 95 % CI 0·89, 0·93) but positively associated with high TAG (OR: 1·04; 95 % CI 1·02, 1·06). Conclusions: Spicy food intake was mildly associated with increased risk of abnormal TAG level, significantly associated with decreased risk of abnormal TC and non-HDL levels. Spicy food intake may be contribute to the management of lipid levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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