Vegetarian Diets Are Associated with Selected Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Middle-Older Aged South Asians in the United States.
J Nutr
; 148(12): 1954-1960, 2018 12 01.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Following a vegetarian diet is considered to be beneficial for overall health and is associated with a lower risk of chronic disease.Objective:
This study examined whether South Asians in the United States who consume a vegetarian diet have a lower prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors.Methods:
Data from the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America study, which included 892 South Asians (47% women), with an age range of 40-83 y and a mean ± SD age of 55 ± 9.4 y, were used. Participants were classified as vegetarian if they reported no consumption of meat, poultry, or fish in the previous year on a validated and culturally appropriate food-frequency questionnaire. Adjusted linear and logistic regression models were used to examine associations of a vegetarian diet with cardiometabolic risk factors.Results:
Thirty-eight percent of the cohort participants were classified as vegetarian. Vegetarians reported more frequent weekly eating occasions of whole grains (median frequency/wk 10 compared with 9, P = 0.012) and beans and legumes (median frequency/wk 8.5 compared with 5.1, P < 0.001), and less frequent weekly eating occasions of sweets and desserts (median frequency/wk 1.9 compared with 2.3, P < 0.001). Consuming a vegetarian diet was associated with lower body mass index (P = 0.023), fasting glucose (P = 0.015), insulin resistance (P = 0.003), total cholesterol (P = 0.027), and LDL cholesterol (P = 0.004) and lower odds of fatty liver (OR 0.43; 95% CI 0.23, 0.78, P = 0.006). The odds of having any coronary artery calcium were lower for vegetarian men (OR 0.53; 95% CI 0.32, 0.87, P = 0.013); however, no significant associations were observed among women.Conclusions:
Among US South Asians, a vegetarian diet was associated with fewer cardiometabolic risk factors overall and with less subclinical atherosclerosis among men.
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Assunto principal:
Dieta Vegetariana
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Doenças Cardiovasculares
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Nutr
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article