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Relationship Among Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Anthropometric and Metabolic Parameters in Subjects with Obesity.
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Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets [Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets] 2021; Vol. 21 (9), pp. 1613-1619. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Background: There is moderate-to-high evidence that the Mediterranean diet prevents increases in body weight and waist circumference in non-obese individuals, but less is known about its effects in overweight and obese subjects. The present study was focused on exploring the cross-sectional association among the adherence to a Mediterranean diet and the most commonly used variables of metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors in a cohort of overweight subjects from a typical Mediterranean region, Apulia, in Southern Italy.<br />Methods: The study was performed in a cohort of 1214 individuals, all overweight or obese but with no other clinical condition. We investigated the association with adherence to a Mediterranean diet, assessed using the PREDIMED score, and anthropometric parameters [namely body mass index (BMI), WC, waist to height ratio (WHtR) and neck circumference (NC)], fasting serum levels of glucose, insulin, uric acid and lipids (triglycerides, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol), and blood pressure and insulin resistance, measured by HOMA-IR.<br />Results: The waist to height ratio was negatively associated with a PREDIMED score ≥7 (p<0.04), whereas HDL cholesterol was positively associated with a PREDIMED score ≥7 (p<0.04).<br />Conclusion: This study suggests that body fat distribution and HDL-cholesterol are the parameters most strongly influenced by MedDiet in Apulian subjects.<br /> (Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net.)
- Subjects :
- Adult
Body Fat Distribution statistics & numerical data
Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
Cholesterol, HDL blood
Cohort Studies
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diet Surveys
Feeding Behavior
Female
Humans
Italy epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Body Weights and Measures statistics & numerical data
Diet, Mediterranean statistics & numerical data
Obesity blood
Obesity diet therapy
Obesity epidemiology
Patient Compliance statistics & numerical data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2212-3873
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33183214
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2174/1871530320999201111161220