High Blood Pressure and Diet Quality in the Spanish Childhood Population

Marrodán, María Dolores; López‐Ejeda, Noemí; Espinosa, Marisa González Montero de; Martínez-Álvarez, Jesús Román; Carmenate, Margarita; Cabañas, María Dolores; M, Dolores Cabañas; Villarino, Antonio; Calabria, Verónica; Pacheco, José L.; Collazos, Juan Francisco Romero

doi:10.4172/2167-1095.1000115

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“…The Mediterranean Diet Quality Index (KIDMED) was negatively correlated with systolic and diastolic pressure in schoolchildren (Marrodán et al, 2013). Similarly, more than two servings of fruit and vegetables per day have been linked to lower blood pressure (Damasceno, de Araújo, Freire de Freitas, de Almeida, & Zanetti, 2011;Moore et al, 2005).…”

Section: Blood Pressure and Dietary Inflammationmentioning

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Dietary inflammatory index and cardiovascular risk factors in Spanish children and adolescents

Correa‐Rodríguez¹,

González‐Jiménez²,

Rueda‐Medina³

et al. 2018

Research in Nursing & Health

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Dietary inflammatory potential is an established risk factor for adverse cardiovascular events. In this study we analyzed the relation between the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) and cardiovascular risk factors, based on anthropometric, body composition, blood pressure, and heart rate parameters in children and adolescents. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 428 Spanish schoolchildren (mean age 12.32 ± 1.84), whose DII was calculated, based on a 24-hr diet recall over 3 days. Anthropometric measurements were taken, and body composition analyzed by bioelectrical impedance analysis. Blood pressure and heart rate parameters were assessed with an automatic monitor. Pubertal stage was assessed based on Tanner criteria. We analyzed the DII both as a continuous variable and as a category variable based on quartiles. Linear regression analysis revealed that the DII was significantly associated with waist to height ratio (WHtR) (p = .026; B = 0.128, 95% CI [.001-.016]) after adjusting for age, sex, total energy intake, and Tanner stage. All macro- and micronutrient intakes were found to be higher in the DII Q1 (anti-inflammatory diet) except for caffeine. This study provides preliminary evidence of a significant association between the DII and WHtR, an index of cardiovascular risk. The results obtained indicate that the inflammatory potential of the diet may play a role in children and adolescents becoming overweight or developing obesity. Future studies in young people should be conducted to validate and further explore these relationships.

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Section: Blood Pressure and Dietary Inflammationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dietary inflammatory index and cardiovascular risk factors in Spanish children and adolescents

Correa‐Rodríguez¹,

González‐Jiménez²,

Rueda‐Medina³

et al. 2018

Research in Nursing & Health

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Development of a Food-Based Diet Quality Scale for Brazilian Schoolchildren Using Item Response Theory

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Item response theory (IRT) is a psychometric method that provides probabilistic model-based measurements. Its use is relatively recent in the assessment of food consumption, especially through dietary assessment tools. This study aims (1) to develop a food-based diet quality scale for Brazilian schoolchildren using IRT, and (2) to apply the scale to a representative sample of schoolchildren from a Southern Brazilian city. The scale was developed with daily consumption frequency of foods from 835 students who completed the Food Intake and Physical Activity of Schoolchildren questionnaire. Questionnaire foods were grouped into 10 items according to their nutritional similarities and were evaluated by full-information factor analysis that indicated a dominant factor explaining 28% of the variance. Psychometric item analysis was performed using Samejima’s model. The scale covered all levels of diet quality, from “very poor” (scores < 95) to “very good” (scores ≥ 130). Children who had higher diet quality scores consumed beans, meat, fish, eggs, fruits, vegetables, dairy products, and water more frequently, while reducing the consumption of ultraprocessed sugary foods, ultraprocessed savoury snacks and sausages, and sugary drinks. Of 6323 children, an average of less than 10% consumed the highest diet quality scores (good or very good diet quality) and about 60% of children consumed low diet quality scores. The scale can be applied to other schoolchildren with the same measure precision.

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High Blood Pressure and Diet Quality in the Spanish Childhood Population

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References 49 publications

Dietary inflammatory index and cardiovascular risk factors in Spanish children and adolescents

Dietary inflammatory index and cardiovascular risk factors in Spanish children and adolescents

Development of a Food-Based Diet Quality Scale for Brazilian Schoolchildren Using Item Response Theory

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