Mediterranean diet score and left ventricular structure and function: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data are limited on the relation between dietary patterns and left ventricular (LV) structure and function.

Objective

We examined cross-sectional associations of a diet-score assessment of a Mediterranean dietary pattern with LV mass, volume, mass-to-volume ratio, stroke volume, and ejection fraction.

Design

We measured LV variables with the use of cardiac MRI in 4497 participants in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis study who were aged 45-84 y and without clinical cardiovascular disease. We calculated a Mediterranean diet score from intakes of fruit, vegetables, nuts, legumes, whole grains, fish, red meat, the monounsaturated fat:saturated fat ratio, and alcohol that were self-reported with the use of a food-frequency questionnaire. We used linear

SUBMITTER: Levitan EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4997295 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature