ReviewNutrients2021
Diet Quality Assessment and the Relationship between Diet Quality and Cardiovascular Disease Risk.
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- Serum Metabolite Profiles in Adults With Abdominal Obesity in Response to Consuming 1 Avocado Daily for 6 Months: An Exploratory Analysis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Trial
- Cost-Effectiveness of Two Iterations of a Community-Based Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Intervention.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Trial
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- Effects of mixed nuts as part of a Brazilian Cardioprotective diet on LDL-cholesterol in adult patients after myocardial infarction: a multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial.Nutrition journal · 2024Trial
- Accelerated aging as a key mechanism linking diet quality to cardiovascular disease: a prospective mediation analysis in the UK Biobank.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Association of the sulfur microbial diet with metabolic profile, gut-related biomarkers, and adiposity indicators in adults with overweight and obesity.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Examining the association between diet quality scores, inflammation and treatment outcomes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: an exploratory observational study.BMC nutrition · 2026Article
- Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Intake Is Associated with Non-SSB Diet Quality in Swiss Adults.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Associations Between the Cardiovascular Health Diet Index (CHDI) and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Brazilian Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026Article
- Dynamic versus Static Metabolic Models for Predicting ECG-Defined Cardiovascular Risk in Elderly MAFLD: A Three-Year Cohort Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2026Article
- Biological ageing, diet quality, and stroke: evidence from two population-based studies and an exploratory hospital-based Chinese cross-sectional dataset.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
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- Global diet quality score (GDQS) favorably affects blood pressure, serum lipids, lipid accumulation product and attenuates inflammation among obese individuals.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Association between dietary quality index - international (DQI-I) and fatty liver indices: results from the Ravansar non-communicable disease (RaNCD) cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Dietary and lifestyle factors associated with cardiovascular disease risk: a structural equation modeling approach.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Article
- Association of Life's Crucial 9 with the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among US patients with stroke.Medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and globally. Dietary risk factors contribute to over half of all CVD deaths and CVD-related disability. The aim of this narrative review is to describe methods used to assess diet quality and the current state of evidence on the relationship between diet quality and risk of CVD. The findings of the review will be discussed in the context of current population intake patterns and dietary recommendations. Several methods are used to calculate diet quality: (1) a priori indices based on dietary recommendations; (2) a priori indices based on foods or dietary patterns associated with risk of chronic disease; (3) exploratory data-driven methods. Substantial evidence from prospective cohort studies shows that higher diet quality, regardless of the a priori index used, is associated with a 14-29% lower risk of CVD and 0.5-2.2 years greater CVD-free survival time. Limited evidence is available from randomized controlled trials, although evidence shows healthy dietary patterns improve risk factors for CVD and lower CVD risk. Current dietary guidance for general health and CVD prevention and management focuses on following a healthy dietary pattern throughout the lifespan. High diet quality is a unifying component of all dietary recommendations and should be the focus of national food policies and health promotion.
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