1. A Mediterranean Lifestyle Is Associated With Lower Hypertension Prevalence and Better Aerobic Capacity Among New England Firefighter Recruits.
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Lan FY, Fernandez-Montero A, Yiannakou I, Marinos-Iatrides O, Ankeny JT, Kiser J, Christophi CA, Christiani DC, Sotos-Prieto M, and Kales SN
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- Adult, Female, Heart Disease Risk Factors, Humans, Hypertension epidemiology, Male, New England epidemiology, Odds Ratio, Prevalence, Risk Reduction Behavior, Young Adult, Firefighters, Healthy Lifestyle physiology, Hypertension prevention & control, Oxygen Consumption physiology
- Abstract
Objective: Examine the association between healthy Mediterranean lifestyle practices and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among New England firefighter recruits., Methods: A MEDI-Lifestyle score was used to measure adherence to a Mediterranean lifestyle (not smoking, increased physical activity, high adherence to Mediterranean diet, non-obese body mass index, decreased screen time, adequate nightly sleep, and napping) among the recruits. MEDI-Lifestyle scores were cross-sectionally analyzed with blood pressure, aerobic capacity, and other CVD risk factors., Results: Among 92 recruits, high adherence to MEDI-Lifestyle was significantly associated with a decreased risk of prevalent hypertension (odds ratio [OR] = 0.14 [0.03-0.71]) and a greater probability of high aerobic capacity (OR = 5.80 [1.05-32.05]) as compared with low adherence in age- and sex-adjusted analyses., Conclusions: Increased adherence to MEDI-Lifestyle is associated with a better CVD risk profile in firefighter recruits.
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- 2020
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