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Changes in Diet Quality from Pregnancy to 6 Years Postpregnancy and Associations with Cardiometabolic Risk Markers.
- Source :
- Nutrients; Apr2023, Vol. 15 Issue 8, p1870, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Adopting a healthy diet during and after pregnancy is important for women's cardiometabolic health. We related changes in diet quality from pregnancy to 6 years postpregnancy to cardiometabolic markers 8 years postpregnancy. In 652 women from the GUSTO cohort, we assessed dietary intakes at 26–28 weeks' gestation and 6 years postpregnancy using 24 h recall and a food frequency questionnaire, respectively; diet quality was scored using a modified Healthy Eating Index for Singaporean women. Diet quality quartiles were derived; stable, large/small improvement/decline in diet quality as no change, >1 or 1 quartile increase/decrease. Fasting triglyceride (TG), total-, high- and low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (TC, HDL- and LDL-C), glucose and insulin were measured 8 years postpregnancy; homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and TG: HDL-C ratio were derived. Linear regressions examined changes in diet quality quartiles and cardiometabolic markers. Compared to a stable diet quality, a large improvement was associated with lower postpregnancy TG [−0.17 (−0.32, −0.01) mmol/L], TG: HDL-C ratio [−0.21 (−0.35, −0.07) mmol/L], and HOMA-IR [−0.47 (−0.90, −0.03)]; a large decline was associated with higher postpregnancy TC and LDL-C [0.25 (0.02, 0.49); 0.20 (0.004, 0.40) mmol/L]. Improving or preventing a decline in diet quality postpregnancy may improve lipid profile and insulin resistance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20726643
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nutrients
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163458333
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15081870