Proportion of energy intake from fat and subsequent weight change in the NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study.
We examined the association of percent energy intake from fat with subsequent weight change in 2580 men and 4567 women, using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study (NHEFS). Weight change was defined as the difference between the follow-up weight (NHEFS, 1982-1984) and the baseline weight (NHANES I, 1971-1974). Fat intake was estimated from a 24-h dietary recall obtained at baseline. Regression analyses adjusted for potential confounders showed no significant association of percent fat energy with weight change in men. Among women aged < 50 y, the inverse relation of percent fat energy with weight change was significant (beta = -0.052, P = 0.04). After exclusion of respondents with any morbidity from the analytic cohort, percent fat energy and weight change were positively associated in men (beta = 0.046, P = 0.05), but not in women. In conclusion, percent fat energy intake and weight change were inversely related in women aged < 50 y in the NHEFS cohort, but positively associated in men without any morbidity.
Kant
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City University of New York, Queens College, Flushing 11367.
Graubard
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Schatzkin
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Ballard-Barbash
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001835:Body Weight; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004034:Diet Surveys; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000378:metabolism*; D002149:Energy Intake; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors
D004041:Dietary Fats