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. 2010 Apr;2(4):182-8.
doi: 10.4297/najms.2010.2182.

Dietary intake is not associated to the metabolic syndrome in elderly women

Neide Maria Bruscato  1 , José Luiz da Costa Vieira, Nair Mônica Ribascik do Nascimento, Margô Etiene Pazatto Canto, Júlio César Stobbe, Maria Gabriela Gottlieb, Mário Benardo Wagner, Roberta Rigo Dalacorte
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Dietary intake is not associated to the metabolic syndrome in elderly women

Neide Maria Bruscato et al. N Am J Med Sci. 2010 Apr.

Abstract

Background: The metabolic syndrome is a complex metabolic disturbance due to an interaction between genetic factors, poor dietary habits and physical inactivity.

Aims: To investigate the role of dietary intake on the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in a population of elderly, socially active women in Brazil.

Patients and methods: A total of 284 women with mean age 69.3 ± 6.3 years were evaluated in a cross-sectional retrospective study. The metabolic syndrome was diagnosed according to criteria of the International Diabetes Federation. The dietary intake was evaluated through a questionnaire for 24-hour dietary recall. The groups with or without the metabolic syndrome were compared for dietary intake and risk factors for metabolic syndrome by the multiple regression model adjusted for age, smoking, physical activity, educational level, total energy intake and fiber contents of the diet. The odds ratio for the presence of the metabolic syndrome was calculated for each nutrient by quartile for total energy intake adjusted by the residue method.

Results: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 32% in the sample. There was not found any association between dietary intake, including all macronutrients and several micronutrients, and the presence of metabolic syndrome.

Conclusion: No associations were observed between nutritional factors and the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in elderly women, a result possibly due to the fact that these factors have an influence in earlier phases of life, or to a recent modification of dietary habits, which however was not able to prevent the establishment of the syndrome.

Keywords: Metabolic syndrome; dietary intake; elderly; macronutrients; micronutrients.

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