title: Usual dietary intake and cardiovascular risk factors in older Brazilian women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate habitual macronutrient intake and its association with common cardiovascular risk factors in Brazilian elderly women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analytical cross-sectional study with 293 subjects. Carbohydrate, protein and lipid intakes were determined based on a non-consecutive three-day dietary record. The following conditions were evaluated: dyslipidemia, systemic arterial hypertension, and type 2 diabetes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Anthropometric, clinical and biochemical data revealed an elevated prevalence of classic cardiovascular risk factors in the sample. Higher energy intake from omega-3 fatty acid was associated with elevated levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (p<0.05), whereas a diet pattern with a relatively lower energy content from monounsaturated fatty acids was associated with the presence of type 2 diabetes (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results corroborate experimental reports and contribute by suggesting that the usual diet, independently of supplementation, may be valuable in promoting health and preventing chronic diseases of aging.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil. otavionobrega@unb.br
authors.forename: Otávio T
authors.initials: OT
authors.lastname: Nóbrega
authors.forename: Roberta S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Paula
authors.forename: Sarah R S
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.forename: Alause S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Pires
authors.forename: Juliana O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Toledo
authors.forename: Clayton F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Moraes
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Córdova
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000097:blood; D001938:Brazil; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000209:etiology; D004032:Diet; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000209:etiology; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids