TY - JOUR
T1 - Adherence to a DASH-style diet and cardiovascular disease risk
T2 - The 10-year follow-up of the ATTICA study
AU - Bathrellou, Eirini
AU - Kontogianni, Meropi D.
AU - Chrysanthopoulou, Evaggelia
AU - Georgousopoulou, Ekavi
AU - Chrysohoou, Christina
AU - Pitsavos, Christos
AU - Panagiotakos, Demosthenes
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the ATTICA study group: Yannis Skoumas, Natasa Katinioti, Labros Papadimitriou, Constantina Masoura, Spiros Vellas, Yannis Lentzas, Manolis Kambaxis, Konstanitna Paliou, Vassiliki Metaxa, Agathi Ntzouvani, Dimitris Mpougatas, Nikolaos Skourlis, Christina Papanikolaou, Aikaterini Kalogeropoulou, Evangelia Pitaraki, Alexandros Laskaris, Mihail Hatzigeorgiou, Adela Zana, Athanasios Grekas, and Eleni Kokkou, for either assistance in the physical examination and follow-up evaluation, as well as the laboratory team: Carmen Vassiliadou and George Dedousis (genetic analysis), Marina Toutouza-Giotsa, Constantina Tselika and Sia Poulopouloou (biochemical analysis) and Maria Toutouza for the database management. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: the Hellenic Cardiology Society, the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society, the Graduate Program in Applied Nutrition and Dietetics of Harokopio University and the Coca-Cola SA (KE252/ELKE/HUA). The ATTICA Study is funded by research Grants from the Hellenic Society of Cardiology (Grant ? 1, 2002).
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© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - Background: Recent findings suggest a protective role of the DASH dietary pattern on cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and mortality. Aim: In this direction, we aimed at investigating the relationship between adherence to a DASH-style diet and CVD risk in a Greek cohort. Methods: This sub-sample from the ATTICA epidemiological study consisted of 669 adults with a complete dietary profile at baseline, adequate to calculate DASH-diet score, and complete 10-year follow-up (2002–2012). Demographic, clinical and lifestyle parameters were thoroughly assessed at baseline and CVD incidence was recorded upon medical records at follow-up. Adherence to the DASH-style diet was assessed by a DASH-style diet score developed for the study (range 9–45). Results: Mean value (SD) of the DASH-diet score was 27.1 (5.1) (range 13–41). Adherence to a DASH-style diet was associated neither with the 10-year CVD risk nor with baseline clinical parameters. Multiple regression analysis revealed that, after appropriate adjustments, only age (46% increase per 5-life-years) and BMI (9.7% increase per unit of BMI) were associated with 10-year CVD events. Conclusions: In this small cohort of a Mediterranean population, a cardioprotective effect of a DASH-style diet was not detected.
AB - Background: Recent findings suggest a protective role of the DASH dietary pattern on cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and mortality. Aim: In this direction, we aimed at investigating the relationship between adherence to a DASH-style diet and CVD risk in a Greek cohort. Methods: This sub-sample from the ATTICA epidemiological study consisted of 669 adults with a complete dietary profile at baseline, adequate to calculate DASH-diet score, and complete 10-year follow-up (2002–2012). Demographic, clinical and lifestyle parameters were thoroughly assessed at baseline and CVD incidence was recorded upon medical records at follow-up. Adherence to the DASH-style diet was assessed by a DASH-style diet score developed for the study (range 9–45). Results: Mean value (SD) of the DASH-diet score was 27.1 (5.1) (range 13–41). Adherence to a DASH-style diet was associated neither with the 10-year CVD risk nor with baseline clinical parameters. Multiple regression analysis revealed that, after appropriate adjustments, only age (46% increase per 5-life-years) and BMI (9.7% increase per unit of BMI) were associated with 10-year CVD events. Conclusions: In this small cohort of a Mediterranean population, a cardioprotective effect of a DASH-style diet was not detected.
KW - adults
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - DASH diet
KW - epidemiology
KW - prevention
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U2 - 10.1177/0260106019862995
DO - 10.1177/0260106019862995
M3 - Article
C2 - 31319758
AN - SCOPUS:85069807524
SN - 0260-1060
VL - 25
SP - 225
EP - 230
JO - Nutrition and Health
JF - Nutrition and Health
IS - 3
ER -
