A Plant-Based Cholesterol-Lowering Diet Score Correlates with Serum LDL-Cholesterol Levels.
Nutrients
; 16(4)2024 Feb 08.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
A cholesterol-lowering diet score was previously developed for epidemiological studies; its association with serum lipid profile was not confirmed yet.METHODS:
The score was developed as an adaptation of the dietary portfolio for cholesterol reduction, assigning one point for adherence to seven dietary indicators and ranging from 0 (null adherence) to 7 (highest adherence). The score was calculated for breast cancer patients enrolled in the DEDiCa study using a 7-day food record; serum lipid profile, including total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), was evaluated in serum at baseline.RESULTS:
Patients with the highest adherence to the cholesterol-lowering diet (i.e., score ≥ 4) reported lower LDL-C level than women with score 0-1 (median 107 mg/dL and 122 mg/dL, respectively; p < 0.01). The proportion of women with LDL-C above the recommended limit of 116 mg/dL was 60.0% with score 0-1 and 42.6% with score ≥4. Although the score directly correlates with consumption of foods from vegetal sources, it was mildly associated with the healthful plant-based diet index (r-Spearman = 0.51) and the Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (r-Spearman = 0.30)Conclusions:
These results provide experimental evidence that the cholesterol-lowering diet score is capable of detecting a specific plant-based dietary pattern that affects circulating cholesterol levels.Palavras-chave
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Colesterol
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Dieta Mediterrânea
Limite:
Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nutrients
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália