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Carotenoid Intake and Serum Concentration in Young Finnish Children and Their Relation with Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
Fruit and vegetable intake has been associated with a reduced risk of many chronic diseases. These foods are the main dietary source of carotenoids. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the associations between dietary intake and serum concentrations of α- and β-carotene in a sample of young...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6213073/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30336644 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10101533 |
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author | Prasad, Marianne Takkinen, Hanna-Mari Uusitalo, Liisa Tapanainen, Heli Ovaskainen, Marja-Leena Alfthan, Georg Erlund, Iris Ahonen, Suvi Åkerlund, Mari Toppari, Jorma Ilonen, Jorma Knip, Mikael Veijola, Riitta Virtanen, Suvi M. |
author_facet | Prasad, Marianne Takkinen, Hanna-Mari Uusitalo, Liisa Tapanainen, Heli Ovaskainen, Marja-Leena Alfthan, Georg Erlund, Iris Ahonen, Suvi Åkerlund, Mari Toppari, Jorma Ilonen, Jorma Knip, Mikael Veijola, Riitta Virtanen, Suvi M. |
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description | Fruit and vegetable intake has been associated with a reduced risk of many chronic diseases. These foods are the main dietary source of carotenoids. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the associations between dietary intake and serum concentrations of α- and β-carotene in a sample of young Finnish children from the population-based birth cohort of the Type 1 Diabetes Prediction and Prevention (DIPP) Study. The current analysis comprised 3-day food records and serum samples from 207 children aged 1, 2 and 3 years. Spearman and partial correlations, as well as a cross-classification analyses, were used to assess the relationship between dietary intake and the corresponding biomarkers. Serum concentrations of α- and β-carotene were significantly higher among the 1-year-old compared to the 3-year-old children. Dietary intakes of α- and β-carotene correlated significantly with their respective serum concentrations in all age groups, the association being highest at the age of 1 year (α-carotene r = 0.48; p < 0.001 and β-carotene r = 0.47; p < 0.001), and lowest at the age of 3 years (α-carotene r = 0.44; p < 0.001 and β-carotene r = 0.30; p < 0.001). A cross-classification showed that 72–81% of the participants were correctly classified to the same or adjacent quartile, when comparing the reported dietary intakes and the concentrations of the corresponding carotenoid in serum. The 3-day food record seems to be reasonably valid in the assessment of root vegetable consumption among young Finnish children. Root vegetables were the main dietary source of both carotenoids in all age groups. The high consumption of commercial baby foods among the 1-year-old children was reflected in the relatively high dietary intake and serum concentration of both carotenoids. |
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spelling | pubmed-62130732018-11-06 Carotenoid Intake and Serum Concentration in Young Finnish Children and Their Relation with Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Prasad, Marianne Takkinen, Hanna-Mari Uusitalo, Liisa Tapanainen, Heli Ovaskainen, Marja-Leena Alfthan, Georg Erlund, Iris Ahonen, Suvi Åkerlund, Mari Toppari, Jorma Ilonen, Jorma Knip, Mikael Veijola, Riitta Virtanen, Suvi M. Nutrients Article Fruit and vegetable intake has been associated with a reduced risk of many chronic diseases. These foods are the main dietary source of carotenoids. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the associations between dietary intake and serum concentrations of α- and β-carotene in a sample of young Finnish children from the population-based birth cohort of the Type 1 Diabetes Prediction and Prevention (DIPP) Study. The current analysis comprised 3-day food records and serum samples from 207 children aged 1, 2 and 3 years. Spearman and partial correlations, as well as a cross-classification analyses, were used to assess the relationship between dietary intake and the corresponding biomarkers. Serum concentrations of α- and β-carotene were significantly higher among the 1-year-old compared to the 3-year-old children. Dietary intakes of α- and β-carotene correlated significantly with their respective serum concentrations in all age groups, the association being highest at the age of 1 year (α-carotene r = 0.48; p < 0.001 and β-carotene r = 0.47; p < 0.001), and lowest at the age of 3 years (α-carotene r = 0.44; p < 0.001 and β-carotene r = 0.30; p < 0.001). A cross-classification showed that 72–81% of the participants were correctly classified to the same or adjacent quartile, when comparing the reported dietary intakes and the concentrations of the corresponding carotenoid in serum. The 3-day food record seems to be reasonably valid in the assessment of root vegetable consumption among young Finnish children. Root vegetables were the main dietary source of both carotenoids in all age groups. The high consumption of commercial baby foods among the 1-year-old children was reflected in the relatively high dietary intake and serum concentration of both carotenoids. MDPI 2018-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6213073/ /pubmed/30336644 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10101533 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Prasad, Marianne Takkinen, Hanna-Mari Uusitalo, Liisa Tapanainen, Heli Ovaskainen, Marja-Leena Alfthan, Georg Erlund, Iris Ahonen, Suvi Åkerlund, Mari Toppari, Jorma Ilonen, Jorma Knip, Mikael Veijola, Riitta Virtanen, Suvi M. Carotenoid Intake and Serum Concentration in Young Finnish Children and Their Relation with Fruit and Vegetable Consumption |
title | Carotenoid Intake and Serum Concentration in Young Finnish Children and Their Relation with Fruit and Vegetable Consumption |
title_full | Carotenoid Intake and Serum Concentration in Young Finnish Children and Their Relation with Fruit and Vegetable Consumption |
title_fullStr | Carotenoid Intake and Serum Concentration in Young Finnish Children and Their Relation with Fruit and Vegetable Consumption |
title_full_unstemmed | Carotenoid Intake and Serum Concentration in Young Finnish Children and Their Relation with Fruit and Vegetable Consumption |
title_short | Carotenoid Intake and Serum Concentration in Young Finnish Children and Their Relation with Fruit and Vegetable Consumption |
title_sort | carotenoid intake and serum concentration in young finnish children and their relation with fruit and vegetable consumption |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6213073/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30336644 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10101533 |
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