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Title: Adherence to a Mediterranean diet, dyslipidemia and inflammation in familial hypercholesterolemia
Authors: ANTONIAZZI, LuizaARROYO-OLIVARES, RaquelBITTENCOURT, Marcio S.TADA, Mauricio T.LIMA, IsabellaJANNES, Cinthia E.KRIEGER, Jose E.PEREIRA, Alexandre C.QUINTANA-NAVARRO, GraciaMUNIZ-GRIJALVO, OvidioDIAZ-DIAZ, Jose L.ALONSO, RodrigoMATA, PedroSANTOS, Raul D.
Citation: NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, v.31, n.7, p.2014-2022, 2021
Abstract: Background and aims: Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) is characterized by elevated LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) and high atherosclerosis risk. The impact of different dietary patterns on atherosclerosis biomarkers has been poorly studied in FH. This study verified the association of adherence to a Mediterranean diet with biomarkers of dyslipidemia and low-grade inflammation in molecularly proven FH adults from Brazil (BR) and Spain (SP). Methods and results: In this cross-sectional study adherence to the Mediterranean diet was assessed by a validated score and generalized estimating equations were used to evaluate its association with plasma LDL-C, apolipoprotein-B (ApoB) and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) concentrations. We included 92 (mean age 45 years, 58.7% females) and 98 FH individuals (mean age 46.8 years, 60.2% females) respectively from BR and SP. FH causing variants did not differ between countries. LDL-C, ApoB and hs-CRP concentrations were higher in BR than in SP: 179 (135-250) and 161 (133-193) mg/dL; 141 (109-181) and 103 (88-134) mg/dL; and 1.6 (0.8-4.0) and 0.8 (0.4-1.5) mg/L respectively (all p < 0.001). Most of BR had low adherence (n = 77, 83.7%), while the majority of SP were divided into moderate (n = 35, 35.7%) and strong adherence to the Mediterranean diet (n = 37, 37.8%), p < 0.001. There was a significant inverse association of adherence to the Mediterranean diet score with higher LDL-C, ApoB, and hs-CRP after adjusting for socio economic parameters, caloric and fatty acid intakes as well as pharmacological lipid lowering therapies. Conclusions: Higher adherence to a Mediterranean diet was associated with better dyslipidemia and low-grade inflammation profiles in FH.
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