SynthesisNutrition journal2024
Diet in secondary prevention: the effect of dietary patterns on cardiovascular risk factors in patients with cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
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- Associations of Physical Activity and Diet Quality With Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease in Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome.JACC. Advances · 2026Article
- Diet, Obesity and Cardiovascular Health: Molecular Mechanisms, Clinical Evidence and Future Perspectives.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Pilot Test of a Diet Cost Calculation Process for Use in Economic Evaluations of Dietary Interventions.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026Article
- Cardiometabolic trade-offs of carbohydrate- and fat-focused diets: a network meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Association of dietary omega-3 fatty acids intake with all-cause and cardiovascular disease-specific mortality among individuals with cardiovascular disease.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Education Level and Cardioprotective Dietary Patterns in Polish Post-MI Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study Using the KomPAN Tool.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Assessing the association between dairy consumption and the 10-year Framingham Risk Score in women.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Association between the oxidative balance score and mortality in patients with metabolic syndrome.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundImproving dietary habits is a first-line recommendation for patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). It is unclear which dietary pattern most effectively lowers cardiovascular risk factors and what the short- and long-term effects are. Therefore, this network meta-analysis compared the effects of popular dietary patterns on cardiovascular risk factors in patients with established CVD.
methodsA systematic search of PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane library, SCOPUS and Web of Science was conducted up to 1 April 2023. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing the effect of popular dietary patterns (Mediterranean, moderate carbohydrate, low glycemic index, low-fat and minimal dietary intervention) on cardiovascular risk factors (body weight, systolic blood pressure, lipids) in CVD populations were selected. A random-effects network meta-analysis was performed.
resultsSeventeen RCTs comprising 6,331 participants were included. The moderate carbohydrate diet had the most beneficial effect on body weight (-4.6 kg, 95%CrI -25.1; 15.8) and systolic blood pressure (-7.0 mmHg 95%CrI -16.8; 2.7) compared to minimal intervention. None of the included dietary patterns had a favorable effect on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. After 12 months, the effects were attenuated compared to those at < 6 months.
conclusionsIn this network meta-analysis of 17 randomized trials, potentially clinically relevant effects of dietary interventions on CV risk factors were observed, but there was considerable uncertainty due to study heterogeneity, low adherence, or actual diminished effects in the medically treated CVD population. It was not possible to select optimal dietary patterns for secondary CVD prevention. Given recent clinical trials demonstrating the potential of dietary patterns to significantly reduce cardiovascular event risk, it is likely that these effects are effectuated through alternative physiological pathways.
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