Healthy eating index patterns in adults by sex and age predict cardiometabolic risk factors in a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Associations between diet and cardiometabolic disease (CMD) risk may vary in men and women owing to sex differences in eating habits and physiology. The current secondary analysis sought to determine the ability of sex differences in dietary patterns to discriminate groups with or without CMD risk factors (CMDrf) in the adult population and if this was influenced by age.

Methods

Diet patterns and quality were evaluated using 24 h recall-based Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2015) in free-living apparently healthy men (n = 184) and women (n = 209) 18-65 y of age with BMIs of 18-44 kg/m². Participants were stratified into low- and high-CMDrf groups based on the presence/absence of at least one CMDrf: BMI > 25 kg/m²; fasting triglycerides > 150 mg/dL;

SUBMITTER: Artegoitia VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8218401 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature