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ArticleBMJ open2021

Association between dietary antioxidant vitamins intake and homocysteine levels in middle-aged and older adults with hypertension: a cross-sectional study.

Xiaolin Peng, Qin Gao, Juan Zhou, Jianping Ma, Dan Zhao, Liping Hao

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Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Xiaolin Peng *Department of Tumor, Injury and Nutrition, Nanshan Centre for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Qin Gao *Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Juan ZhouDepartment of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Jianping MaDepartment of Tumor, Injury and Nutrition, Nanshan Centre for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Dan ZhaoDepartment of Tumor, Injury and Nutrition, Nanshan Centre for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Liping HaoDepartment of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China haolp@mails.tjmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-8844-0892
Huazhong University of Science and Technology · CNShenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesPlasma total homocysteine (tHcy) has been implicated in the development of cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to assess the relationship of dietary antioxidant vitamins intake with tHcy levels in middle-aged and older adults with hypertension.

designA cross-sectional study.

settingThe survey was conducted in the Nanshan district of Shenzhen.

participantsA total of 1465 middle-aged and older adults with hypertension were included between July and September of 2013. MEASUREMENTS: Hyperhomocysteinaemia (HHcy) was defined as tHcy ≥15 µmol/L. Some dietary antioxidant vitamins (vitamin C (VC) and vitamin E (VE), carotenes, retinol, lutein) intake was estimated using the Food Frequency Questionnaire. Sociodemographic and potential covariates were evaluated through questionnaires, anthropometric measurements and blood tests. The association between dietary intakes of antioxidant vitamins and tHcy concentration were evaluated by multiple linear regression analyses after napierian logarithm transformed. Multiple logistic regression models were further used to determine ORs and 95% CIs.

resultsThe β (95% CIs) of VC intake and tHcy was -0.050 (-0.084 to -0.016). Compared with the lowest quartile in the fully adjusted model, the ORs (95% CIs) for HHcy levels across quartiles of dietary VC intake were 0.82 (0.57 to 1.16), 0.49 (0.33 to 0.74) and 0.40 (0.22 to 0.74) (p for trend=0.001). The β (95% CIs) of retinol intake and tHcy was -0.021 (-0.041 to -0.002) and the ORs (95% CIs) in the third quartile of retinol intake was 0.61 (0.42 to 0.86), while the effect for the highest quartile was not significant (p for trend=0.951). No significant association was observed between dietary VE, carotenes and lutein intake and HHcy.

conclusionsA linear inverse association between dietary VC intake and HHcy prevalence, and an L-shaped association between dietary retinol intake and HHcy prevalence were found in Chinese middle-aged and older adults with hypertension.

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AntioxidantsHypertensionAgedCross-Sectional StudiesEatingHomocysteineHumansMiddle AgedVitamin AVitaminsAntioxidantsHomocysteineVitamin AVitaminscardiac epidemiologyepidemiologyhypertension

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