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Dietary patterns and metabolic syndrome among Filipino women
Author(s) -
Duazo Paulita,
Borja Judith,
Lee Nanette,
Adair Linda
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.737.3
Subject(s) - quartile , waist , metabolic syndrome , medicine , confounding , odds ratio , logistic regression , refined grains , blood pressure , food science , body mass index , obesity , biology , confidence interval , whole grains
The relationship between dietary patterns and metabolic syndrome (MetS) has not been fully explored, especially in developing Asian countries like the Philippines. We aimed to identify Filipino dietary patterns and examine their association with MetS, defined as having 3 of 5 components: waist circumference (WC) >=88 cm; triglicerides (TG)>=150 mg/dL; HDL‐C <50 mg/dL; blood pressure (BP) >=130 mmHg systolic, >=85 mmHg diastolic; fasting glucose (FG) >= 100 mg/dL using data from 1867 women in the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey in 2005. About 28% had high TG, 83% had low HDL‐C, 37% had high BP, 80% had high FG and 27% had high WC; 48% had MetS. Using factor analysis, we identified 3 patterns: meats and sweets, vegetables, and processed seafoods. Logistic regression analyses that controlled for potential confounders showed that the high vegetable intake pattern is significantly associated with decreased odds of MetS. Compared to women in the lowest quartile vegetable factor score, women in the highest quartile were 26% less likely to have MetS [Odds Ratio (95% CI): 0.74 (.55,1.00)]. No significant associations were observed for the meats and processed fish patterns. With decreasing vegetable consumption and high incidence of CVD among Filipinos, it is important to reinforce high intake of vegetables for its beneficial effects on metabolic profiles. NIH 5 R01 HL085144‐03 and 1R01TW008288‐01.