Dietary indexes, food patterns and incidence of metabolic syndrome in a Mediterranean cohort: The SUN project.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

We prospectively assessed the association between adherence to several a priori defined healthy food patterns and risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS).

Methods

We assessed 6851 participants of a Spanish dynamic prospective cohort of university graduates, initially free of any MetS-specific definition criteria, and followed-up for a median of 8.3 years. We calculated the adherence to thirteen different a priori defined food patterns or dietary indexes. MetS was classified according to the updated harmonizing criteria. We estimated multivariable-adjusted Incidence Rate Ratios (IRR) of metabolic syndrome and their 95% Confidence Intervals (95% CI), using Poisson regression models.

Results

The cumulative incidence of MetS was 5.0%. Moderate adherence to the

SUBMITTER: Pimenta AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4870043 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature