The Relationship among Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Diet Patterns, Alcohol Consumption, and Ethnicity among Women Aged 50 Years and Older英文电子书.pdf

RESEARCH Current Research The Relationship among Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Diet Patterns, Alcohol Consumption, and Ethnicity among Women Aged 50 Years and Older ELSA PINTO LÓPEZ, MS, RD; CHRISTOPHER RICE, PhD; DIAN O. WEDDLE, PhD, RD, FADA; GUITELE J. RAHILL, MSW Sweets diet pattern (OR 0.27, 95% CI 0.14 to 0.50; ABSTRACT P 0.0001) or Meat dishes diet pattern (OR 0.94, 95% CI Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause 0.54 to 1.65; P 0.0075). The Sweets pattern was also of death among women of all races and ethnicities. The risk of associated with having normal systolic blood pressure developing the disease is greater in postmenopausal women. levels (OR 0.51, 95% CI 0.34 to 0.76; P 0.0001). Individ- Objective The purpose of this study was to use cluster uals grouped in the Beef, Starches, and Milk diet pattern analysis to examine diet patterns and to examine the were more likely to have an adequate body mass index association between diet patterns and the presence of (OR 0.42, 95% CI 0.23 to 0.77; P 0.0032). major cardiovascular disease risk factors. Conclusions Significant associations between dietary pat- Design Data from the cross-sectional National Health and Nu- terns and major CVD risk factors were observed