title: Dietary pattern and its association with the prevalence of obesity, hypertension and other cardiovascular risk factors among Chinese older adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article examined the association between dietary patterns and cardiovascular risk factors in Chinese older adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  For this study, older adults with one or more cardiovascular risk factors or a history of cardiovascular disease were randomly selected using health check medical records from the Changshu and Beijing Fangshan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Exploratory factor analysis and cluster analysis was used to extract dietary pattern factors. Log binomial regression analysis was used to analyse the association between dietary patterns and chronic disease related risk factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four factors were found through factor analysis. A high level of internal consistency was obtained, with a high Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.83. Cluster analysis identified three dietary patterns: healthy diet, Western diet, and balanced diet. Findings in this sample of Chinese adults correspond to those reported in previous studies, indicating that a Western diet is significantly related to likelihood of having obesity, hypertension and the metabolic syndrome. The identification of distinct dietary patterns among Chinese older adults and the nutritional status of people with chronic diseases suggest that the three dietary patterns have a reasonable level of discriminant validity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides evidence that a FFQ is a valid and reliable tool to assess the dietary patterns of individuals with chronic diseases in small- to medium-size urban and rural settings in China. It also validates the significant association between dietary pattern and cardiovascular disease risk factors, including body mass index, blood pressure, triglycerides, and metabolic conditions. Clinical diagnosis of chronic disease further confirmed this relationship in Chinese older adults.
authors.affiliation: Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Parkland Q4222, Australia. j.sun@griffith.edu.au.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Parkland Q4222, Australia. n.buys@griffith.edu.au.
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Buys
authors.affiliation: Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Parkland Q4222, Australia. ahills@mmri.mater.org.au.
authors.forename: Andrew P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Hills
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012306:Risk; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
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