ArticleNutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD2016
Diet and adipose tissue distributions: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
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- Determinants of echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue in a general middle-aged population - The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Diet quality is associated with adipose tissue and muscle mass: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2024Article
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- Longitudinal Associations of Healthy Dietary Pattern Scores with Coronary Artery Calcification and Pericardial Adiposity in United States Adults with and without Type 1 Diabetes.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Weight reduction and dietary improvements in a cluster-randomised controlled trial for adults with intellectual disabilities.Food & nutrition research · 2023Article
- A healthy plant-based diet is favorably associated with cardiometabolic risk factors among participants of South Asian ancestry.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Article
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- Levels of abdominal adipose tissue and metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) in middle age according to average fast-food intake over the preceding 25 years: the CARDIA Study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Article
- Healthy Diet for Healthy Aging.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Associations of dietary patterns and nutrients with coronary artery calcification and pericardial adiposity in a longitudinal study of adults with and without type 1 diabetes.European journal of nutrition · 2021Article
- Increased Diet Quality is Associated with Long-Term Reduction of Abdominal and Pericardial Fat.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2019Article
- Association between diet quality and sleep apnea in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.Sleep · 2019Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsDietary quality affects cardiometabolic risk, yet its pathways of influence on regional adipose tissue depots involved in metabolic and diabetes risk are not well established. We aimed to investigate the relationship between dietary quality and regional adiposity. METHODS AND
resultsWe investigated 5079 individuals in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) who had food-frequency questionnaires and measurement of pericardial fat and hepatic attenuation at the baseline study visit in MESA, as well as a subgroup with imaging for visceral and subcutaneous fat (N = 1390). A dietary quality score (DietQuality) was constructed to include established food group constituents of a Mediterranean-type diet. Linear models estimated associations of dietary score as well as its constituents with regional adiposity. Baseline mean age was 61 (± 10) years, and approximately half of the participants (47%) were male. Those with a higher DietQuality score were generally older, female, with a lower body mass index, C-reactive protein, and markers of insulin resistance. After adjustment, a higher DietQuality score was associated with lower visceral fat (lowest vs. highest dietary score quartile: 523.6 vs. 460.5 cm(2)/m; P < 0.01 for trend), pericardial fat (47.5 vs. 41.3 cm(3)/m; P < 0.01 for trend), lesser hepatic steatosis (by hepatic attenuation; 58.6 vs. 60.7 Hounsfield units; P < 0.01 for trend), but not subcutaneous fat (P = 0.39). Greater fruits, vegetables, whole grains, seeds/nuts and yogurt intake were associated with decreased adiposity, while red/processed meats were associated with greater regional adiposity.
conclusionA higher quality diet pattern is associated with less regional adiposity, suggesting a potential mechanism of beneficial dietary effects on diabetes, metabolic, and cardiovascular risk.
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