title: Predictors of cardiovascular risk factors in Tehranian adults: diet and lifestyle.
abstract: We carried out a dietary intake assessment in 486 adults 20 from the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study. There was a strong positive association between body mass index (BMI) and serum triglycerides (beta = 1.6, P < 0.05) and carbohydrate intake and triglycerides (beta = 2.4, P < 0.05). There was also an association between low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and weight (beta = 1.1, P < 0.05), age (beta = 1.6, P < 0.05) and cholesterol intake (beta = 0.7, P < 0.01). For 1 unit increase in either BMI, waist to hip ratio or saturated fatty acid intake, diastolic blood pressure increased 0.6, 0.9 and 0.1 mmHg, respectively (P < 0.05). Dietary and non-dietary factors have an association with, and play a role as predictors of, CVD risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Endocrine Research Centre, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Azadbakht
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mirmiranr
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Azizi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D018672:Community Health Planning; D004034:Diet Surveys; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008019:Life Style; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio
chemical_list: D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D014280:Triglycerides