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. 2022 Apr;33(4):921-929.
doi: 10.1007/s00198-021-06247-0. Epub 2021 Dec 2.

Association between Healthy Eating Index-2015 total and component food scores with osteoporosis in middle-aged and older Americans: a cross-sectional study with U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Yonggang Fan  1 , Shuangfei Ni  2 , Huafeng Zhang  3
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Association between Healthy Eating Index-2015 total and component food scores with osteoporosis in middle-aged and older Americans: a cross-sectional study with U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Yonggang Fan et al. Osteoporos Int. 2022 Apr.

Abstract

We used NHANES data to explore the association between dietary quality estimated by the HEI-2015 and osteoporosis in middle-aged and elderly US adults. We found that higher dietary quality is significantly associated with a reduced risk of osteoporosis among middle-aged and elderly Americans.

Introduction: Through this research, we assess whether increasing the overall dietary quality reduces the risk of osteoporosis.

Methods: For our analyses, we combined data collected from four NHANES 2-year cycles (2007-2008, 2009-2010, 2013-2014, and 2017-2018), including 10,033 participants. Associations between osteoporosis and HEI-2015 total/component scores among middle-aged and elderly adults were examined using logistic regression models. Osteoporosis was defined as femur neck BMD values equal to or less than 2.5 standard deviations (SDs) below the mean of the young adult reference group, and dietary intake data were obtained from two NHANES 24-h recall interviews.

Results: After multivariable adjustment, middle-aged and elderly populations with quintile 4 (OR: 0.54, 95% CI 0.34, 0.84; P = 0.007) and quintile 5 HEI-2015 total scores (OR: 0.43, 95% CI 0.26, 0.70; P = 0.001) were associated with reduced odds of osteoporosis compared with quintile 1. Higher intake of total vegetables, greens and beans, total fruits, whole fruits, and whole grains was associated with decreased odds of osteoporosis among elderly adults. Surprisingly, saturated fat intake can also protect against osteoporosis.

Conclusion: Higher dietary quality estimated from HEI-2015 total and component food scores was significantly associated with a reduced risk of osteoporosis among the middle-aged and elderly Americans participating in NHANES included in this study.

Keywords: Dietary quality; Healthy Eating Index; NHANES; Osteoporosis.

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