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Differential associations between a priori diet quality scores and markers of cardiovascular health in women: cross-sectional analyses from TwinsUK.
- Source :
- British Journal of Nutrition; 10/14/2021, Vol. 126 Issue 7, p1017-1027, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- CVD is the leading cause of death worldwide and, after dementia, is the second biggest cause of death for women. In England, it accounts for one in four of all deaths. Lifestyle modifications represent the primary route both to reduce CVD risk factors and prevent CVD outcomes. Diet constitutes one of the key modifiable risk factors in the aetiology of CVD. We investigated the relationship between nine main dietary indices and a comprehensive range of CVD risk factors in 2590 women from TwinsUK. After adjustment for multiple testing, we found that the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet was inversely correlated with some of the most common CVD risk factors (BMI, visceral fat (VF), TAG, insulin, homoeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA2-IR) and atherosclerotic CVD (ASCVD) risk) with P<subscript>FDR</subscript> ranging from 6·28 × 10<superscript>−7</superscript> to 5·63 × 10<superscript>−4</superscript>. Similar association patterns were detected across most of the dietary indices analysed. In our post hoc investigation, to determine if any specific food groups were driving associations between the DASH score and markers of cardiometabolic risk, we found that increased BMI, VF, HOMA2-IR, ASCVD risk, insulin and TAG levels were directly correlated with red meat consumption (P<subscript>FDR</subscript> ranging from 4·65 × 10<superscript>−9</superscript> to 7·98 × 10<superscript>−3</superscript>) and inversely correlated with whole-grain cereal consumption (P<subscript>FDR</subscript> ranging from 1·26 × 10<superscript>−6</superscript> to 8·28 × 10<superscript>−3</superscript>). Our findings revealed that the DASH diet is associated with a more favourable CVD risk profile, suggesting that this diet may be a candidate dietary pattern to supplement current UK dietary recommendations for CVD prevention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- GLUCOSE metabolism
CARDIOVASCULAR disease prevention
CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors
BIOMARKERS
LIFESTYLES
EVALUATION of medical care
STATISTICS
HOMEOSTASIS
NUTRITIONAL value
CROSS-sectional method
ANTHROPOMETRY
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL requirements
DASH diet
NATURAL foods
DATA analysis
BODY mass index
WOMEN'S health
LIPIDS
INSULIN resistance
DOSE-response relationship in biochemistry
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00071145
- Volume :
- 126
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 152420876
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S000711452000495X