Factors associated with diet quality among Brazilian individuals with cardiovascular diseases (original) (raw)

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Abstract

BackgroundAn individual's dietary pattern contributes in different ways to the prevention and control of recurrent cardiovascular events. However, the quality of the diet is influenced by several factors. The present study aimed to evaluate the quality of the diet of individuals with cardiovascular diseases and determine whether there is an association between sociodemographic and lifestyle factors.MethodsThis is a cross‐sectional study carried out with individuals with atherosclerosis (coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease or peripheral arterial disease) recruited from 35 reference centres for the treatment of cardiovascular disease in Brazil. Diet quality was assessed according to the Modified Alternative Healthy Eating Index (mAHEI) and stratified into tertiles. For comparing two groups, the Mann–Whitney or Pearson's chi‐squared tests were used. However, for comparing three or more groups, analysis of variance or Kruskal–Wallis was used. For the confounding ana...

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