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Comparison of food and nutrient intakes between cohorts of the HAPIEE and Whitehall II studies

Background: Differences in dietary habits have been suggested as an important reason for the large health gap between Eastern and Western European populations. Few studies have compared individual-level nutritional data directly between the two regions. This study addresses this hypothesis by compar...

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Autores principales: Stefler, Denes, Pajak, Andrzej, Malyutina, Sofia, Kubinova, Ruzena, Bobak, Martin, Brunner, Eric J.
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4946410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26637342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckv216
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author Stefler, Denes
Pajak, Andrzej
Malyutina, Sofia
Kubinova, Ruzena
Bobak, Martin
Brunner, Eric J.
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Pajak, Andrzej
Malyutina, Sofia
Kubinova, Ruzena
Bobak, Martin
Brunner, Eric J.
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description Background: Differences in dietary habits have been suggested as an important reason for the large health gap between Eastern and Western European populations. Few studies have compared individual-level nutritional data directly between the two regions. This study addresses this hypothesis by comparing food, drink and nutrient intakes in four large population samples. Methods: Czech, Polish and Russian participants of the Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial Factors in Eastern Europe (HAPIEE) study, and British participants in the Whitehall II study, altogether 29 972 individuals aged 45–73 years, were surveyed in 2002–2005. Dietary data were collected by customised food frequency questionnaires. Reported food, drink and nutrient intake data were harmonised and compared between cohorts using multivariable adjusted quantile regression models. Results: Median fruit and vegetable intakes were lower in the pooled Eastern European sample, but not in all country cohorts, compared with British subjects. Median daily consumption of fruits were 275, 213, 130 and 256 g in the Czech, Polish, Russian and Whitehall II cohort, respectively. The respective median daily intakes of vegetables were 185, 197, 292 and 246 g. Median intakes of animal fat foods and saturated fat, total fat and cholesterol nutrients were significantly higher in the Czech, Polish and Russian cohorts compared with the British; for example, median daily intakes of saturated fatty acids were 31.3, 32.5, 29.2 and 25.4 g, respectively. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that there are important differences in dietary habits between and within Eastern and Western European populations which may have contributed to the health gap between the two regions.
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spelling pubmed-49464102016-07-19 Comparison of food and nutrient intakes between cohorts of the HAPIEE and Whitehall II studies Stefler, Denes Pajak, Andrzej Malyutina, Sofia Kubinova, Ruzena Bobak, Martin Brunner, Eric J. Eur J Public Health Nutrition Background: Differences in dietary habits have been suggested as an important reason for the large health gap between Eastern and Western European populations. Few studies have compared individual-level nutritional data directly between the two regions. This study addresses this hypothesis by comparing food, drink and nutrient intakes in four large population samples. Methods: Czech, Polish and Russian participants of the Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial Factors in Eastern Europe (HAPIEE) study, and British participants in the Whitehall II study, altogether 29 972 individuals aged 45–73 years, were surveyed in 2002–2005. Dietary data were collected by customised food frequency questionnaires. Reported food, drink and nutrient intake data were harmonised and compared between cohorts using multivariable adjusted quantile regression models. Results: Median fruit and vegetable intakes were lower in the pooled Eastern European sample, but not in all country cohorts, compared with British subjects. Median daily consumption of fruits were 275, 213, 130 and 256 g in the Czech, Polish, Russian and Whitehall II cohort, respectively. The respective median daily intakes of vegetables were 185, 197, 292 and 246 g. Median intakes of animal fat foods and saturated fat, total fat and cholesterol nutrients were significantly higher in the Czech, Polish and Russian cohorts compared with the British; for example, median daily intakes of saturated fatty acids were 31.3, 32.5, 29.2 and 25.4 g, respectively. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that there are important differences in dietary habits between and within Eastern and Western European populations which may have contributed to the health gap between the two regions. Oxford University Press 2016-08 2015-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4946410/ /pubmed/26637342 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckv216 Text en © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Stefler, Denes
Pajak, Andrzej
Malyutina, Sofia
Kubinova, Ruzena
Bobak, Martin
Brunner, Eric J.
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title Comparison of food and nutrient intakes between cohorts of the HAPIEE and Whitehall II studies
title_full Comparison of food and nutrient intakes between cohorts of the HAPIEE and Whitehall II studies
title_fullStr Comparison of food and nutrient intakes between cohorts of the HAPIEE and Whitehall II studies
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of food and nutrient intakes between cohorts of the HAPIEE and Whitehall II studies
title_short Comparison of food and nutrient intakes between cohorts of the HAPIEE and Whitehall II studies
title_sort comparison of food and nutrient intakes between cohorts of the hapiee and whitehall ii studies
topic Nutrition
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4946410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26637342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckv216
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