title: Dietary patterns and levels of blood pressure and serum lipids in a Japanese population.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Associations between dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease risk factors remain unclear. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between dietary patterns derived from factor analysis and the levels of blood pressure and serum lipids in a Japanese population.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a cross-sectional analysis among 6886 (in the analysis on blood pressure) and 7641 (in the analysis on serum lipids) Japanese subjects aged 40-69 years. Dietary patterns were identified from a food frequency questionnaire by factor analysis. Associations between dietary patterns and blood pressure and serum lipids were examined after taking potential confounders into account.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three dietary patterns were identified: vegetable, meat, and Western. In men, the meat pattern was associated with higher total, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. The Western pattern was associated with higher total and LDL cholesterol. In women, the vegetable pattern was associated with lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure and pulse pressure, and higher HDL cholesterol. The meat pattern was associated with higher total and HDL cholesterol. The Western pattern was associated with higher total, HDL, and LDL cholesterol, and the least intake pattern of Western diet was associated with higher systolic and diastolic blood pressures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dietary patterns of a Japanese population were related to cardiovascular disease risk factors, especially in women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan. a-sadakane@jichi.ac.jp
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sadakane
authors.forename: Akizumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
authors.forename: Tadao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gotoh
authors.forename: Shizukiyo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ojima
authors.forename: Kazuomi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kario
authors.forename: Yosikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kayaba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood*; D015897:Comorbidity; D004032:Diet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D014280:Triglycerides