Author(s): Navarro, Julio Cesar Acosta ; Antoniazzi, Luiza ; Oki, Adriana Midori ; Bonfim, Maria Carlos ; Hong, Valeria ; Bortolotto, Luiz Aparecido ; Acosta-Cardenas, Pedro ; Sandrim, Valeria [UNESP] ; Miname, Marcio Hiroshi ; Dos Santos Filho, Raul Dias
Date: 2018
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/176446
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): Coronary artery disease; Diet; Men; Metabolic syndrome; Risk factors; Vegetarian; Vegetarians
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Background: Recent studies have shown a lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MSyn) in vegetarians (VEG) despite the inconclusive evidence from others. Objective: To verify the association between diet and other lifestyle characteristics and the prevalence of MSyn, cardiovascular risk factors (CRF), and Framingham Risk Score (FRS) in apparently healthy VEG and omnivorous (OMN) men. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 88 apparently healthy men ≥ 35 years, 44 VEG and 44 OMN, were assessed for anthropometric data, blood pressure, blood lipids, glucose, C-reactive protein (CRP) and FRS. To test the association between lifestyle and MSyn, Student t test, chi-square test, and multiple logistic regression model were used. A significance level of 5% was considered in all statistical analyses. Results: Several CRF were significantly lower in VEG than in OMN: body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, fasting serum total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, apolipoprotein b, glucose, and glycated hemoglobin (all p < 0.05). The FRS mean was lower in VEG than in OMN (2.98 ± 3.7 vs 4.82 ± 4.8, p = 0.029). The percentage of individuals with MSyn was higher among OMN than among VEG (52.3 vs.15.9%) (p < 0.001). The OMN diet was associated with MSyn (OR: 6.28 95%CI 2.11-18.71) and alterations in most MSyn components in the multiple regression model independently of caloric intake, age and physical activity. Conclusion: The VEG diet was associated with lower CRF, FRS and percentage of individuals with MSyn. (Arq Bras Cardiol. 2018; 110(5):430-437).
Instituto do Coração (InCor)-Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
Hospital Regional de Ferraz de Vasconcelos-Osiris Florindo
Departamento de Farmacologia do Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Departamento de Farmacologia do Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
