title: Effect of long term low-fat dietary intervention on change in hemostatic factors: results from the Women's Health Initiative.
abstract: Low-fat diet may play a role in prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) by altering the levels of hemostatic factors. There are yet limited data on the effects of low-fat diet on the circulating levels of these factors and existing studies are limited by small sample size and short duration of follow-up. We conducted an analysis in a subset of women (active arm = 723; control arm = 1036) within the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification Trial to investigate the long term effect of a low-fat diet on circulating levels of fibrinogen, factor VII concentration and factor VII activity among postmenopausal women aged 50-79 years. Using linear mixed effects model with random intercept and data from three follow-up visits (years 1, 3 and 6) we evaluated the change in each factor over time. Overall, the changes in these factors were small (less than 5%) in both the arms of the trials at the end of intervention and there was no significant difference in mean change between the two arms. Our results indicate that the low-fat dietary intervention was not associated with significant changes in hemostatic factors among postmenopausal women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. swapnil.rajpathak@einstein.yu.edu
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Rajpathak
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wassertheil-Smoller
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Horn
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Snetselaar
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Rohan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018752:Diet, Fat-Restricted; D005167:Factor VII / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000032:analysis*; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016387:Women's Health
chemical_list: D005167:Factor VII; D005340:Fibrinogen