Background and aims: The aims of this study were to identify dietary patterns in a general population of North Italian adults and to investigate the cross-sectional association between prevalent dietary patterns and arterial stiffness. Methods and results: Participants to the RoCAV study without chronic diseases at recruitment and with reliable dietary data were included. The food-frequency EPIC questionnaire was used to evaluate dietary habits. Dietary patterns were estimated using principal components analysis and Mediterranean diet adherence score (MedS). Carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) was used as proxy of arterial stiffness. Basing on data from 2640 subjects (1608 men and 1032 women, mean ± SD 65.5 ± 6.7 years), four principal components (PC) were retained, explaining 24% of the overall variance. Considering 1284 subjects with cfPWV (mean ± SD 10.7 ± 2.5 m/s) data available, adherence to PC1 (Western-like dietary pattern) was associated with higher stiffness values (+0.29 m/s cfPWV for 1 SD increase of PC1, 95% CI:0.08,0.50; p = 0.007) in a multivariate model. Conversely, adherence to PC2 (Mediterranean-like) was not related to cfPWV values (−0.18, 95% CI: −0.36, 0.004; p = 0.06). Likewise, MedS and other PC patterns did not show any significant association with cfPWV. Mediation analysis showed that the association between Western-like dietary pattern and cfPWV is mediated by higher levels of leucocytes (9.2% of the effect, p = 0.047). Conclusions: Our study in a Southern European population identified a Western-like dietary pattern associated with an increased cfPWV, a proxy of arterial stiffness. The association with cfPWV was in part mediated by inflammatory status.

Lasalvia, P., Gianfagna, F., Veronesi, G., Franchin, M., Tozzi, M., Castelli, P., et al. (2021). Identification of dietary patterns in a general population of North Italian adults and their association with arterial stiffness. The RoCAV study. NMCD. NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, 31(1), 44-51 [10.1016/j.numecd.2020.08.001].

Identification of dietary patterns in a general population of North Italian adults and their association with arterial stiffness. The RoCAV study

Veronesi, Giovanni;Zambon, Antonella;
2021

Abstract

Background and aims: The aims of this study were to identify dietary patterns in a general population of North Italian adults and to investigate the cross-sectional association between prevalent dietary patterns and arterial stiffness. Methods and results: Participants to the RoCAV study without chronic diseases at recruitment and with reliable dietary data were included. The food-frequency EPIC questionnaire was used to evaluate dietary habits. Dietary patterns were estimated using principal components analysis and Mediterranean diet adherence score (MedS). Carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) was used as proxy of arterial stiffness. Basing on data from 2640 subjects (1608 men and 1032 women, mean ± SD 65.5 ± 6.7 years), four principal components (PC) were retained, explaining 24% of the overall variance. Considering 1284 subjects with cfPWV (mean ± SD 10.7 ± 2.5 m/s) data available, adherence to PC1 (Western-like dietary pattern) was associated with higher stiffness values (+0.29 m/s cfPWV for 1 SD increase of PC1, 95% CI:0.08,0.50; p = 0.007) in a multivariate model. Conversely, adherence to PC2 (Mediterranean-like) was not related to cfPWV values (−0.18, 95% CI: −0.36, 0.004; p = 0.06). Likewise, MedS and other PC patterns did not show any significant association with cfPWV. Mediation analysis showed that the association between Western-like dietary pattern and cfPWV is mediated by higher levels of leucocytes (9.2% of the effect, p = 0.047). Conclusions: Our study in a Southern European population identified a Western-like dietary pattern associated with an increased cfPWV, a proxy of arterial stiffness. The association with cfPWV was in part mediated by inflammatory status.
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Cardio-cerebrovascular risk; Dietary patterns; Mediation analysis; Mediterranean diet; Population health; Principal component analysis; Public health; Pulse wave analysis;
English
11-ago-2020
2021
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44
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Lasalvia, P., Gianfagna, F., Veronesi, G., Franchin, M., Tozzi, M., Castelli, P., et al. (2021). Identification of dietary patterns in a general population of North Italian adults and their association with arterial stiffness. The RoCAV study. NMCD. NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, 31(1), 44-51 [10.1016/j.numecd.2020.08.001].
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