title: Dietary Fat Intake and the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Adults.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The effect of dietary fat intake on the risk of cardiovascular disease remains unclear. We investigated the association between dietary fat and specific types of fat intake and the risk of metabolic syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study population included 1,662 healthy adults who were 50.2 years of age and had no known hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, or metabolic syndrome at the initial visit. Dietary intake was obtained from a 1-day food record. During 20.7 months of follow-up, we documented 147 cases of metabolic syndrome confirmed by self-report, anthropometric data, and blood test results. The intakes of total fat, vegetable fat, animal fat, saturated fatty acid (SFA), polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA), and cholesterol level divided by quintile. Multivariate analyses included age, sex, body mass index, smoking status, alcohol intake, physical activity, total calorie, and protein intake.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Vegetable fat intake was inversely associated with metabolic syndrome risk (odds ratio for the highest vs. the lowest quintile, 0.33; 95% confidence interval, 0.14 to 0.76). Total fat, animal fat, SFA, PUFA, MUFA, and cholesterol intakes showed no association with metabolic syndrome. Vegetable fat intake was inversely associated with the risk of hypertriglyceridemia among the components of metabolic syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data support an inverse association between vegetable fat and the risk of metabolic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yoo-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Um
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Cheol-Min
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyuk-Tae
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Health Service Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hee-Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Joh
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Ju
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun-Joo
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ahn
keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases; Dietary Fats; Metabolic Syndrome