title: [Meat and fish consumption in a high cardiovascular risk Spanish Mediterranean population].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  High saturated fat consumption, mostly from red meat and sausage meat has been associated with an increase in cardiovascular risk (CVR) in contrast to the effect of high fish consumption.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To get to know the frequency of meat and fish consumption in an elderly high Mediterranean population, their correlations with adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) and their association with intermediate CVR phenotypes.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was carried out on 945 people (67.4±6.2 years old) with high CVR recruited in primary care centres of Valencia, and participating in the PREDIMED study. The frequency of meat and fish consumption was determined through a validated questionnaire. We analyzed clinical, biochemical and anthropometric variables using standard methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean red meat consumption was high (7.4±4.7 times/week), being higher in men than in women (P=0.031) and was associated with greater weight (P=0.001) and prevalence of obesity (P=0.025). Fish consumption was also high (4.5±2.6 time/week) and was associated with lower concentrations of fasting plasma glucose (P=0.016) as well as with lower prevalence of diabetes (P=0.017).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Red meat consumption in this high CVR population is very high and far from the recommendations of MD, needing, therefore, to be reduced. Fish consumption is closer to the recommendations and should be maintained.
authors.affiliation: CIBER (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red) Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain. mercedes.sotos@uv.es
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sotos Prieto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guillen
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Sorlí
authors.forename: E Ma
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Asensio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gillem Sáiz
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Corella
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002417:Cattle; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D011200:Poultry; D012306:Risk; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013552:Swine; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose