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. 2022 May 4;14(9):1927.
doi: 10.3390/nu14091927.

Dietary Patterns and Metabolic Disorders in Polish Adults with Multiple Sclerosis

Edyta Suliga  1 , Waldemar Brola  1 , Kamila Sobaś  1 , Elżbieta Cieśla  1 , Elżbieta Jasińska  1   2 , Katarzyna Gołuch  2 , Stanisław Głuszek  3
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Dietary Patterns and Metabolic Disorders in Polish Adults with Multiple Sclerosis

Edyta Suliga et al. Nutrients. .

Abstract

Diet plays a major role in the aetiopathogenesis of many neurological diseases and may exacerbate their symptoms by inducing the occurrence of metabolic disorders. The results of research on the role of diet in the course of multiple sclerosis (MS) are ambiguous, and there is still no consensus concerning dietary recommendations for patients with MS. The aim of this study was to analyse the dietary patterns (DPs) of patients with MS and to assess the relationships between these DPs and the metabolic disorders. The study participants were comprised of 330 patients aged 41.9 ± 10.8 years. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data related to diet, lifestyle and health. The DPs were identified using a principal component analysis (PCA). Three DPs were identified: Traditional Polish, Prudent and Fast Food & Convenience Food. An analysis of the odds ratios adjusted for age, gender, smoking and education showed that a patient's adherence to the Traditional Polish and the Fast Food & Convenience Food DPs increased the likelihood of abdominal obesity and low HDL-cholesterol concentration. Conversely, adherence to the Prudent DP was not significantly associated with any metabolic disorder. The results of this study confirmed that an unhealthy diet in patients with MS is connected with the presence of some metabolic risk factors. There is also an urgent need to educate patients with MS on healthy eating, because the appropriate modifications to their diet may improve their metabolic profile and clinical outcomes.

Keywords: adults; dietary patterns; metabolic risk factors; multiple sclerosis.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.

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