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The relation of dietary patterns to future survival, health, and cardiovascular events in older adults.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Diehr, Paula H. Beresford, Shirley A. A. |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Abstract | BACKGROUND There have been few long-term follow-up studies of older adults who follow different dietary patterns. METHODS We cluster-analyzed data on dietary fat, fiber, protein, carbohydrate, and calorie consumption from the U.S. Cardiovascular Health Study (mean age=73), and examined the relationship of the dietary clusters to outcomes 10 years later. RESULTS The five clusters were named "Healthy diet" (relatively high in fiber and carbohydrate and low in fat), "Unhealthy diet" (relatively high in protein and fat, relatively low in carbohydrates and fiber); "High Calorie," "Low Calorie," and "Low 4," which was distinguished by higher alcohol consumption. The clusters were strongly associated with demographic factors, health behaviors, and baseline health status. The Healthy diet cluster had the most years of life and years of healthy life, and the Unhealthy diet cluster had the fewest. The Low 4 cluster had the best cardiovascular outcomes. Differences were not usually large. CONCLUSIONS Older adults who followed the healthy eating pattern had somewhat longer and healthier lives, and the cluster with more alcohol consumption was associated with fewer cardiovascular events. The unhealthy eating pattern had the worst outcomes. |
| Starting Page | 884 |
| Ending Page | 886 |
| Page Count | 3 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://works.bepress.com/paula_diehr/43/download/ |
| PubMed reference number | 14680674v1 |
| Volume Number | 56 |
| Issue Number | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of clinical epidemiology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Alcohol consumption BaseLine dental cement Carbohydrate nutrients Carbohydrates Dietary Fats Eating Disorders Ethanol Fatty acid glycerol esters Health behavior Long-term Follow-up Low sodium diet Name Platelet Glycoprotein 4, human Tissue fiber kilocalorie |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
