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Feeding the emergence of advanced heart disease in Soweto: a nutritional survey of black African patients with heart failure

AIM: To describe dietary habits and potential nutritional deficiencies in black African patients diagnosed with heart failure (HF). METHODS AND RESULTS: Dietary intake in 50 consecutively consenting HF patients (mean age: 47 ± 18 years, 54% female) attending a major hospital in Soweto, South Africa...

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Autores principales: Pretorius, Sandra, Sliwa, Karen, Ruf, Verena, Walker, Karen, Stewart, Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3721823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22732891
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2011-021
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author Pretorius, Sandra
Sliwa, Karen
Ruf, Verena
Walker, Karen
Stewart, Simon
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Sliwa, Karen
Ruf, Verena
Walker, Karen
Stewart, Simon
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description AIM: To describe dietary habits and potential nutritional deficiencies in black African patients diagnosed with heart failure (HF). METHODS AND RESULTS: Dietary intake in 50 consecutively consenting HF patients (mean age: 47 ± 18 years, 54% female) attending a major hospital in Soweto, South Africa were surveyed using validated quantitative food frequency questionnaires. Food intakes, translated into nutrient data were compared with recommended values. In women, food choices likely to negatively impact on heart health included added sugar [consumed by 75%: median daily intake (interquartile range) 16 g (10–20)], sweet drinks [54%: 310 ml (85–400)] and salted snacks [61%: 15 g (2–17)]. Corresponding figures for men were added sugar [74%: 15 g (10–15)], sweet drinks [65%: 439 ml (71–670)] and salted snacks [74%: 15 g (4–22)]. The womens’ intake of calcium, vitamin C and vitamin E was only 66, 37 and 40% of the age-specific requirement, respectively. For men, equivalent figures were 66, 87 and 67%. Mean sodium intake was 2 372 g/day for men and 1 972 g/day for women, 470 and 294% respectively, of recommended consumption levels. CONCLUSIONS: The nutritional status of black African patients with HF could be improved by recommending healthier food choices and by reducing the intake of sweet drinks and excess salt.
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spelling pubmed-37218232013-08-07 Feeding the emergence of advanced heart disease in Soweto: a nutritional survey of black African patients with heart failure Pretorius, Sandra Sliwa, Karen Ruf, Verena Walker, Karen Stewart, Simon Cardiovasc J Afr Cardiovascular Topics AIM: To describe dietary habits and potential nutritional deficiencies in black African patients diagnosed with heart failure (HF). METHODS AND RESULTS: Dietary intake in 50 consecutively consenting HF patients (mean age: 47 ± 18 years, 54% female) attending a major hospital in Soweto, South Africa were surveyed using validated quantitative food frequency questionnaires. Food intakes, translated into nutrient data were compared with recommended values. In women, food choices likely to negatively impact on heart health included added sugar [consumed by 75%: median daily intake (interquartile range) 16 g (10–20)], sweet drinks [54%: 310 ml (85–400)] and salted snacks [61%: 15 g (2–17)]. Corresponding figures for men were added sugar [74%: 15 g (10–15)], sweet drinks [65%: 439 ml (71–670)] and salted snacks [74%: 15 g (4–22)]. The womens’ intake of calcium, vitamin C and vitamin E was only 66, 37 and 40% of the age-specific requirement, respectively. For men, equivalent figures were 66, 87 and 67%. Mean sodium intake was 2 372 g/day for men and 1 972 g/day for women, 470 and 294% respectively, of recommended consumption levels. CONCLUSIONS: The nutritional status of black African patients with HF could be improved by recommending healthier food choices and by reducing the intake of sweet drinks and excess salt. Clinics Cardive Publishing 2012-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3721823/ /pubmed/22732891 http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2011-021 Text en Copyright © 2010 Clinics Cardive Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ruf, Verena
Walker, Karen
Stewart, Simon
Feeding the emergence of advanced heart disease in Soweto: a nutritional survey of black African patients with heart failure
title Feeding the emergence of advanced heart disease in Soweto: a nutritional survey of black African patients with heart failure
title_full Feeding the emergence of advanced heart disease in Soweto: a nutritional survey of black African patients with heart failure
title_fullStr Feeding the emergence of advanced heart disease in Soweto: a nutritional survey of black African patients with heart failure
title_full_unstemmed Feeding the emergence of advanced heart disease in Soweto: a nutritional survey of black African patients with heart failure
title_short Feeding the emergence of advanced heart disease in Soweto: a nutritional survey of black African patients with heart failure
title_sort feeding the emergence of advanced heart disease in soweto: a nutritional survey of black african patients with heart failure
topic Cardiovascular Topics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3721823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22732891
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2011-021
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