| Aim: Metabolic syndrome is one of the most known risk factors of cardiovascular
disease. The aim of the current study was to investigate relationships between
major dietary patterns and cardio-metabolic risk factors in patients with metabolic
syndrome.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among patients with metabolic
syndrome. All of the participants underwent anthropometric and blood pressure
measurements. Biochemical assessments including serum aspartate aminotransferase
(AST), alanine amino transferase (ALT), fating serum glucose (FSG), serum
lipids, insulin and adiponectin concentrations were performed by enzymatic methods.
Dietary patterns were obtained by factor analysis procedure using principal
component method. Nutrient intakes were analyzed by a semi-quantitative food
frequency questionnaire (FFQ).
Results: Four major dietary patterns including healthy, meats and fats, sweets, potatoes
and refined grains were extracted in the current study. Higher healthy pattern
score was in relation with higher concentrations of AST and lower systolic blood
pressure. Lower diastolic blood pressure and higher serum triglyceride concentrations
were also observed in upper quintiles of meat and fats pattern (P < 0.05). Upper quintile of sweet pattern was accompanied with higher serum FSG and insulinconcentrations (P < 0.05).Conclusions: The independent associations between dietary patterns and blood pres-sure and serum lipids further support the protective role of healthy diet with fruits,vegetables and fish as predominant food items and an un-favorable effect of unhealthydiets with meat, fats and sweets as major ingredients.© 2015 Asian Oceanian Association for the Study of Obesity. Published by ElsevierLtd. All rights reserved. |