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Identification of a Novel Score for Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet That Is Inversely Associated with Visceral Adiposity and Cardiovascular Risk: The Chrono Med Diet Score (CMDS).

ABSTRACT: Adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) leads to reduction of mortality from all causes, especially in subjects with cardiovascular disease, obesity, and diabetes. Numerous scores have been proposed to evaluate the adherence to MedDiet, mainly focused on eating habits. In this study, we verified whether existing validated MedDiet scores, namely, MEDI-LITE and the Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS), could be associated with visceral adiposity. Failing to find a significant association with adiposity, we proposed the validation of a new, easy-to-use adherence questionnaire, the Chrono Med-Diet score (CMDS). CMDS contains eleven food categories, including chronobiology of dietary habits and physical activity. Compared to the MEDI-LITE score and MDS, low values of CMDS are linked to increased waist circumference (WC) and dysmetabolic conditions. CMDS was also inversely correlated with cardiovascular risk (CVR), as well as Fatty Liver Index (FLI). In conclusion, the CMDS is a novel questionnaire to study the adherence to the MedDiet that, focusing on type and timing of carbohydrates intake, has the peculiar capability of capturing subjects with abdominal obesity, thus being an easy-to-use instrument of personalized medicine.

SUBMITTER: De Matteis C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10141687 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of a Novel Score for Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet That Is Inversely Associated with Visceral Adiposity and Cardiovascular Risk: The Chrono Med Diet Score (CMDS).

De Matteis Carlo C Crudele Lucilla L Battaglia Stefano S Loconte Tiziana T Rotondo Arianna A Ferrulli Roberta R Gadaleta Raffaella Maria RM Piazzolla Giuseppina G Suppressa Patrizia P Sabbà Carlo C Cariello Marica M Moschetta Antonio A

Nutrients 20230415 8

Adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) leads to reduction of mortality from all causes, especially in subjects with cardiovascular disease, obesity, and diabetes. Numerous scores have been proposed to evaluate the adherence to MedDiet, mainly focused on eating habits. In this study, we verified whether existing validated MedDiet scores, namely, MEDI-LITE and the Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS), could be associated with visceral adiposity. Failing to find a significant association with adip ...[more]

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Project description:IntroductionGreater adherence to a Mediterranean diet is linked to lower risk for cardiovascular morbidity/mortality in studies of Mediterranean cohorts, older subjects, and/or those with existing health conditions. No studies have examined the effects of this dietary pattern in younger working populations in the United States. We investigated the effects of Mediterranean diet adherence on cardiovascular disease (CVD) biomarkers, metabolic syndrome and body composition in an occupationally active, non-Mediterranean cohort.MethodsA cross-sectional study in a cohort of 780 career male firefighters, ages 18 years or older, from the United States Midwest. No dietary intervention was performed. A modified Mediterranean diet score (mMDS) was developed for assessment of adherence to a Mediterranean dietary pattern from a previously administered life-style questionnaire that examined pre-existing dietary habits. Clinical data from fire department medical examinations were extracted and analyzed.ResultsObese subjects had significantly lower mMDS, and they reported greater fast/take-out food consumption (p<0.001) and intake of sweetened drinks during meals (p = 0.002). After multivariate adjustment, higher mMDS was inversely related to risk of weight gain over the past 5 years (odds ratio [OR]: 0.57, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.39-0.84, p for trend across score quartiles: 0.01); as well as the presence of metabolic syndrome components (OR: 0.65, 95% CI: 0.44-0.94, p for trend across score quartiles: 0.04). Higher HDL-cholesterol (p = 0.008) and lower LDL-cholesterol (p = 0.04) were observed in those with higher mMDS in linear regression after multivariate adjustment for age, BMI and physical activity.ConclusionsIn a cohort of young and active US adults, greater adherence to a Mediterranean-style dietary pattern had significant inverse associations with metabolic syndrome, LDL-cholesterol and reported weight gain, and was significantly and independently associated with higher HDL-cholesterol. Our results support the potential effectiveness of this diet in young, non-Mediterranean working cohorts, and justify future intervention studies.

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Identification of a Novel Score for Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet That Is Inversely Associated with Visceral Adiposity and Cardiovascular Risk: The Chrono Med Diet Score (CMDS).

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Identification of a Novel Score for Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet That Is Inversely Associated with Visceral Adiposity and Cardiovascular Risk: The Chrono Med Diet Score (CMDS).

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