TY - JOUR
T1 - The association of animal and plant protein with successful ageing
T2 - A combined analysis of MEDIS and ATTICA epidemiological studies
AU - Foscolou, Alexandra
AU - Critselis, Elena
AU - Tyrovolas, Stefanos
AU - Chrysohoou, Christina
AU - Naumovski, Nenad
AU - Sidossis, Labros S.
AU - Rallidis, Loukianos
AU - Matalas, Antonia Leda
AU - Panagiotakos, Demosthenes
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements: The authors are particularly grateful to the men and women from all areas who participated in the ATTICA and MEDIS studies, as well as to both studies investigators. Financial support: The ATTICA study is supported by research grants from the Hellenic Cardiology Society (HCS2002) and the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society (HAS2003). The MEDIS study was funded by research grants from the Hellenic Heart Foundation, the Graduate Program of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University and the Rutgers University, NJ, USA (GA #5884). Stefanos Tyrovolas was supported by the Foundation for Education and European Culture (IPEP), the Sara Borrell postdoctoral program (reference no. CD15/00019 from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII – Spain) and the Fondos Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER). Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Stefano Tyrovolas, Elena Critselis and Alexandra Foscolou have been funded for ATHLOS project to study trajectories of healthy ageing (European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, grant agreement No 635316). Conflict of interest: None. Authorship: Conceptualisation: D.P. and A.F.; Methodology: D.P.; Formal analysis: A.F. and D.P.; Writing-original draft preparation: A.F.; Writing – review and editing: E.C., S.T., C.C., N.N., L.S.S., L.R. and A.L.M.; Supervision: D.P. Ethics of human subject participation: The ATTICA study was approved by the Bioethics Committee of Athens Medical School and was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (1989) of the World Medical Association. The MEDIS study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Board of Harokopio University (16/19-12-2006) and followed the ethical recommendations of the World Medical Association (52nd WMA General Assembly, Edinburgh, Scotland, October 2000). In both studies, participants were informed of the study aims and procedures and provided written informed consent for study participation prior to enrollment.
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PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Objective:The aim of the present study was to investigate the differences between the consumption of plant-based v. animal-based protein-rich diets on successful ageing, as well as to identify the optimal combination of dietary protein intake for facilitating successful ageing in people aged >50 years.Design:A combined analysis was conducted in older adults of the ATTICA and MEDIS population-based cross-sectional studies. Anthropometrical, clinical and sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle parameters, dietary habits and level of protein intake were derived through standard procedures. Successful ageing was evaluated using the validated Successful Aging Index (SAI) composed of ten health-related social, lifestyle and clinical characteristics.Setting:Athens area and twenty Greek islands.Participants:A total of 3349 Greek women and men over 50 years old.Results:Participants with high consumption of plant proteins were more likely to be male, physically active, with higher daily energy intake, higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet and higher level of SAI (P < 0·001). Participants with 'Low animal & High plant' and 'High animal & High plant' protein consumption had a 6 and 7 % higher SAI score, respectively, compared with the other participants (P < 0·001). In contrast, 'Low animal & Low plant' and 'High animal & Low plant' protein intake was negatively associated with SAI as compared to the combination of all other consumption categories (P < 0·02).Conclusions:The consumption of a plant-based protein-rich diet seems to be a beneficial nutritional choice that should be promoted and encouraged to older people since it may benefit both individual's health and prolong successful ageing.
AB - Objective:The aim of the present study was to investigate the differences between the consumption of plant-based v. animal-based protein-rich diets on successful ageing, as well as to identify the optimal combination of dietary protein intake for facilitating successful ageing in people aged >50 years.Design:A combined analysis was conducted in older adults of the ATTICA and MEDIS population-based cross-sectional studies. Anthropometrical, clinical and sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle parameters, dietary habits and level of protein intake were derived through standard procedures. Successful ageing was evaluated using the validated Successful Aging Index (SAI) composed of ten health-related social, lifestyle and clinical characteristics.Setting:Athens area and twenty Greek islands.Participants:A total of 3349 Greek women and men over 50 years old.Results:Participants with high consumption of plant proteins were more likely to be male, physically active, with higher daily energy intake, higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet and higher level of SAI (P < 0·001). Participants with 'Low animal & High plant' and 'High animal & High plant' protein consumption had a 6 and 7 % higher SAI score, respectively, compared with the other participants (P < 0·001). In contrast, 'Low animal & Low plant' and 'High animal & Low plant' protein intake was negatively associated with SAI as compared to the combination of all other consumption categories (P < 0·02).Conclusions:The consumption of a plant-based protein-rich diet seems to be a beneficial nutritional choice that should be promoted and encouraged to older people since it may benefit both individual's health and prolong successful ageing.
KW - Animal protein
KW - Mediterranean
KW - Older adults
KW - Plant protein
KW - Successful ageing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85085199650&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S1368980020000427
DO - 10.1017/S1368980020000427
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085199650
VL - 24
SP - 2215
EP - 2224
JO - Public Health Nutrition
JF - Public Health Nutrition
SN - 1368-9800
IS - 8
ER -
