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The relationship of the atlantic diet with cardiovascular risk factors and markers of arterial stiffness in adults without cardiovascular disease
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Materia
Healthy diet
Diet mediterranean
Vascular stiffness
Obesity abdominal
Risk factors
Fecha de publicación
2019
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MDPI
Citación
Rodriguez-Martin, Carmela; Garcia-Ortiz, Luis; Rodriguez-Sanchez, Emiliano; Martin-Cantera, Carlos; Soriano-Cano, Alba; Arietaleanizbeaskoa, Maria S.; Magdalena-Belio, Jose F.; Menendez-Suarez, Marta; Maderuelo-Fernandez, Jose A.; Lugones-Sanchez, Cristina; Gomez-Marcos, Manuel A.; Recio-Rodriguez, Jose I. EVIDENT Investigators Grp. The Relationship of the Atlantic Diet with Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Markers of Arterial Stiffness in Adults without Cardiovascular Disease. NUTRIENTS. 11 - 4, MDPI, 01/04/2019. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11040742
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[EN]Abstract: Background: Studying the adherence of the population to the Atlantic Diet (AD) could be
simplified by an easy and quickly applied dietary index. The aim of this study is to analyse the
relationship of an index measuring compliance with recommendations regarding the Atlantic diet
and physical activity with cardiovascular disease risk factors, cardiovascular risk factors, obesity
indexes and arterial stiffness markers. Methods: We included 791 individuals from the EVIDENT
study (lifestyles and arterial ageing), (52.3 ± 12 years, 61.7% women) without cardiovascular
disease. Compliance with recommendations on AD was collected through the responses to a food
frequency questionnaire, while physical activity was measured by accelerometer. The number of
recommendations being met was estimated using a global scale between 0 and 14 points (a higher
score representing greater adherence). Blood pressure, plasma lipid and glucose values and obesity
rates were measured. Cardiovascular risk was estimated with the Framingham equation. Results:
In the overall sample, 184 individuals (23.3%) scored between 0–3 on the 14-point index we created,
308 (38.9%) between 4 and 5 points, and 299 (37.8%) 6 or more points. The results of multivariate analysis yield a common tendency in which the group with an adherence score of at least 6 points shows lower figures for total cholesterol (p = 0.007) and triglycerides (p = 0.002). Similarly, overall
cardiovascular risk in this group is the lowest (p < 0.001), as is pulse wave velocity (p = 0.050) and
the mean values of the obesity indexes studied (p < 0.05 in all cases). Conclusion: The rate of
compliance with the Atlantic diet and physical activity shows that greater adherence to these
recommendations is linked to lower cardiovascular risk, lower total cholesterol and triglycerides,
lower rates of obesity and lower pulse wave velocity values.
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10.3390/nu11040742
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