Cardiorespiratory fitness is positively associated with both healthy and western dietary pattern in Iranian middle-aged

Hossein Shahinfar, Farhang Djafari, Nadia Babaei, Samira Davarzani, Mojdeh Ebaditabar, Cain C T Clark, Kurosh Djafarian, Hossein Imani, Sakineh Shab-Bidar

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    Abstract

    Background: The association between dietary patterns and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is not well established. Objective: We sought to investigate association between a posteriori dietary pattern and CRF in middle-aged adults. Design: Adults (n = 276), aged 20-74 years, who were residents of Tehran, Iran were recruited. Diet was assessed by using a validated 168-item semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. Principal component analysis was used to derive dietary patterns. Socio-economic status, anthropometric measures, body composition, and blood pressure were recorded. CRF was assessed by using a graded exercise treadmill test. Analysis of variance and linear regression models were used to discern the association between dietary patterns and CRF. Results: Higher scores of the healthy dietary pattern had no association with VO2max (p = 0.13). After controlling for potential confounders, VO2max was positively associated across tertiles of healthy dietary patterns (p < 0.001). Higher adherence to the "mixed" dietary pattern was inversely related to VO2max (p < 0.01). After adjusting for confounders, the significant association disappeared (p = 0.14). Higher scores of the "Western" dietary pattern was not associated with VO2max (p = 0.06). However, after controlling for potential confounders, VO2max was positively associated with the "Western" dietary pattern (p = 0.01). A positive linear association between the "healthy" dietary pattern and CRF for the total sample (R2 = 0.02; p < 0.01) were presented. Conclusions: Overall, our findings suggest that higher adherence to a "healthy" and "Western" dietary pattern was positively associated with CRF. However, further studies are required to examine and clarify the causal relationship between dietary patterns and CRF.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)366-375
    Number of pages10
    JournalInternational Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research
    Volume92
    Issue number5-6
    Early online date4 Nov 2020
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Oct 2022

    Keywords

    • Dietary patterns
    • VO
    • blood pressure
    • cardiorespiratory fitness
    • food groups
    • principal components analysis

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Medicine (miscellaneous)
    • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
    • Nutrition and Dietetics

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