Nut Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Mediterranean Population
Relja A, Miljković A, Gelemanović A, Bošković M, Hayward C, Polašek O, Kolčić I
Nutrients · 28 citas
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- Financiación independiente
- Gobierno
- Ministarstvo znanosti i obrazovanja
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- European Commission
- Gobierno
- Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost
- Gobierno
- Medical Research Council
- Subvenciones
- European Commission (018947); European Commission (313010); Medical Research Council (LSHG-CT-2006-018947); Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost (216-1080315-0302); Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost (LSHG-CT-2006018947); European Commission (LSHG-CT-2006-018947)
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Publicación
- Publicado
- 2017-11-28 · Nutrients · vol. 9 · número 12 · pág. 1296
- Editorial
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Citado
- 37 citas · más que el 89% de estudios similares · 2.4× el promedio de su campo
- Referencias
- 54 trabajos
- Acceso
- Acceso abierto (revista) · CC-BY
- Áreas de investigación
- Nuts composition and effects · Oral Health Pathology and Treatment · Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Palabras clave
- Cross-sectional study, Mediterranean diet, Medicine, Environmental health, Population, Consumption (sociology), Internal medicine, Pathology
- MeSH
- humans, nuts, cardiovascular diseases, diet, odds ratio, risk factors, cross-sectional studies, adult, middle aged, croatia, mediterranean region, female, male, young adult, metabolic syndrome
7 autores
- Ajka Relja🇭🇷University of Split
- Ana Miljković🇭🇷University of Split
- Andrea Gelemanović🇭🇷University of Split
- Maria Bošković🇭🇷University of Zagreb
- Caroline Hayward🇬🇧Institute of Genetics and Cancer; University of Edinburgh
- Ozren Polašek🇭🇷University of Split
- Ivana Kolčić🇭🇷 · autor de correspondenciaUniversity of Split
Resumen
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Nuts are often considered beneficial for health, yet few studies have examined determinants of their intake and the associations between nut consumption and various cardiovascular disease risk factors. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with nut intake in a Mediterranean population, in Croatia, and to investigate the association of nut intake and various cardiovascular risk factors.
Methods
Subjects from the Island of Vis, Island of Korčula and the City of Split were included in this cross-sectional study (n = 4416 in total; 4011 without known cardiovascular disease). Survey responses, medical records and clinically relevant measurements were utilized. Multivariate ordinal and logistic regression models were used in the analysis, adjusting for known confounding factors.
Results
As low as 5% of all subjects reported daily, and 11% reported weekly, nut consumption. The characteristics associated with more frequent nut intake were female gender (Odds ratio (OR) = 1.39; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.19-1.62), highest level of education (1.42; 1.15-1.76) and material status (1.58; 1.29-1.93), smoking abstinence (1.21; 1.04-1.42 in never-smokers and 1.22; 1.02-1.46 in ex-smokers), Mediterranean diet adherence (1.87; 1.62-2.15), and absence of central obesity (1.29; 1.09-1.53), absence of diabetes (1.30; 1.02-1.66) and metabolic syndrome (1.17; 1.01-1.36). Subjects who consumed nuts had more favorable waist-to-height (overall p = 0.036) and waist-to-hip ratios (0.033), lesser odds of elevated fibrinogen (p p = 0.026), compared to non-consumers.
Conclusions
It appears that frequent nut consumption is an integral part of a healthy lifestyle and better socioeconomic status. A beneficial association of nut intake with cardiovascular risk factors was confirmed in this study.
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