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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Associations between dietary patterns and arterial stiffness, carotid artery intima-media thickness and atherosclerosis
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Volume 17, No. 6, Year 2010
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Few studies have examined the association between global diet, assessed through dietary patterns, and arterial structure and function. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between carotid-femoral pulsewave velocity (PWV), common carotid-arteries intima-media thickness (CCA-IMT) and plaques with dietary patterns measured 7.5 years earlier. A prospective cohort study between diet and markers of structure and function of large arteries. Dietary patterns (linear combination of food consumption) were identified using principal component analysis among 1026 middle-aged participants in the SUpplémentation en VItamines et Minéraux AntioXydants (SU.VI.MAX) vascular substudy. Dietary data were based on repeated 24-h dietary records (at least three records during 2 years) obtained at inclusion. Carotid-femoral PWV was used to assess aortic stiffness. Carotid ultrasound examination included measurements of CCA-IMT and carotid plaques. Four dietary patterns were identified. In multivariate models, a significant positive association was observed between PWV and a dietary pattern positively correlated with meat and alcohol consumption and negatively correlated with fibers, vitamins B9 and C, β-carotene and calcium consumption. Adjusted PWV mean across tertiles of this pattern score was 11.15,11.26 and 11.58m/s in the first, second and third tertiles, respectively (P for trend = 0.03). Others dietary patterns were not associated with PWV and we detected no association between dietary patterns and IMT or plaques. This study suggests that a nutritionally poor dietary pattern, characterized by a high meat and alcohol consumption and low micronutrients intake, is related to an increased stiffening of large arteries. © 2010, European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kesse-Guyot, Emmanuelle
France, Paris
Conservatoire National Des Arts et Metiers
Vergnaud, Anne Claire
France, Paris
Conservatoire National Des Arts et Metiers
France, Paris
Inserm
Fézeu, Léopold K.
France, Paris
Conservatoire National Des Arts et Metiers
Zureik, Mahmoud
France, Paris
Conservatoire National Des Arts et Metiers
Blacher, Jacques
France, Paris
Université Paris Cité
Péneau, Sandrine
France, Paris
Conservatoire National Des Arts et Metiers
Hercberg, Serge
France, Paris
Conservatoire National Des Arts et Metiers
France, Bobigny
Hopital Avicenne
Galán, Pilar Redondo
France, Paris
Conservatoire National Des Arts et Metiers
Czernichow, Seb́astien
France, Paris
Conservatoire National Des Arts et Metiers
France, Bobigny
Hopital Avicenne
Statistics
Citations: 73
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1097/HJR.0b013e32833a197f
ISSN:
20474873
Research Areas
Food Security
Substance Abuse
Study Design
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Quantitative