Healthy Eating Index and C-reactive protein concentration: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III, 1988-1994
Healthy Eating Index and C-reactive protein concentration: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III, 1988-1994
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DOI:
10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602070
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发表时间:
2005-02-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Liu, S
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作者:
Ford, ES;Mokdad, AH;Liu, S
Objective: To examine whether diet quality is associated with C-reactive protein concentration.Design: Cross-sectional study using data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-1994).Setting: Representative sample of the US population.Subjects: A total of 13 811 men and women aged greater than or equal to20 y.Interventions: We examined the cross-sectional associations between the Healthy Eating Index (HEI), a measure of diet quality according to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and serum C-reactive protein concentration. Dietary information was assessed using a 24-h recall.Results: After adjustment for age, sex, race or ethnicity, education, smoking status, cotinine concentration, body mass index, waist-hip-ratio, aspirin use, alcohol use, physical activity level, and energy intake, HEI score was inversely associated with an elevated C-reactive protein concentration in logistic regression analysis (odds ratio per 10 unit change: 0.92; 95th confidence interval (CI): 0.86-0.99). Among the components, only the score for grain consumption was inversely associated with an elevated C-reactive protein concentration. Compared with participants in the lowest quintile of number of servings of grain consumption, the adjusted odds ratios of having an elevated C-reactive protein concentration for participants in the second, third, fourth, and fifth quintiles were 0.87 (95th CI: 0.67, 1.12), 0.85 (95th CI: 0.69, 1.06), 0.79 (95th CI: 0.65, 0.96), and 0.68 (95th CI: 0.52, 0.88), respectively.Conclusions: Grain consumption may reduce inflammation. Our findings require confirmation.