Association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors

OBJECTIVE: to determine the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a cohort of workers and to quantify its association with compliance with the Mediterranean diet follow-up. METHOD: a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on a cohort of 23,729 workers. Clinical data from annual med...

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Autores principales: Ramón-Arbués, Enrique, Martínez-Abadía, Blanca, Granada-López, José Manuel, Echániz-Serrano, Emmanuel, Huércanos-Esparza, Isabel, Antón-Solanas, Isabel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7282722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32520245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.3904.3295
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: to determine the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a cohort of workers and to quantify its association with compliance with the Mediterranean diet follow-up. METHOD: a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on a cohort of 23,729 workers. Clinical data from annual medical examinations and the Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener were used to assess adherence to the Mediterranean diet. RESULTS: 51.3% of the participants showed good adherence to the Mediterranean diet. The multivariate analysis showed an inverse and significant association between the follow-up of the Mediterranean diet and the prevalence of abdominal obesity (Odds Ratio = 0.64, 95% CI 0.56; 0.73), dyslipidemia (Odds Ratio = 0.55, 95% CI 0.42; 0.73), and metabolic syndrome (Odds Ratio = 0.76, 95% CI 0.67; 0.86). CONCLUSIONS: our results suggest that the Mediterranean diet is potentially effective in promoting cardiovascular health. Implementing the interventions promoting the Mediterranean diet in the working population seems justified.

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