2017-07-25
Dietary patterns and changes in frailty status: the Rotterdam study
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European Journal of Nutrition p. 1- 11
Purpose: To determine the associations between a priori and a posteriori derived dietary patterns and a general state of health, measured as the accumulation of deficits in a frailty index. Methods: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis embedded in the population-based Rotterdam Study (n = 2632) aged 45 years. Diet was assessed at baseline (year 2006) using food frequency questionnaires. Dietary patterns were defined a priori using an existing index reflecting adherence to national dietary guidelines and a posteriori using principal component analysis. A frailty index was composed of 38 health deficits and measured at baseline and follow-up (4 years later). Linear regression analyses were performed using adherence to each of the dietary patterns as exposure and the frailty index as outcome (all in Z-scores). Results: Adherence to the national dietary guidelines was associated with lower frailty at baseline (β −0.05, 95% CI −0.08, −0.02). Additionally, high adherence was associated with lower frailty scores over time (β −0.08, 95% CI −0.12, −0.04). The PCA revealed three dietary patterns that we named a “Traditional” pattern, high in legumes, eggs and savory snacks; a “Carnivore” pattern, high in meat and poultry; and a “Health Conscious” pattern, high in whole grain products, vegetables and fruit. In the cross-sectional analyses adherence to these patterns was not associated with frailty. However, adherence to the “Traditional” pattern was associated with less frailty over time (β −0.09, 95% CI −0.14, −0.05). Conclusion: No associations were found for adherence to a “healthy” pattern or “Carnivore” pattern. However, Even in a population that is relatively young and healthy, adherence to dietary guidelines or adherence to the Traditional pattern could help to prevent, delay or reverse frailty levels.
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doi.org/10.1007/s00394-017-1509-9, hdl.handle.net/1765/101017 | |
European Journal of Nutrition | |
Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
de Haas, S.C.M. (Sandra C. M.), de Jonge, E., Voortman, T., Graaf,, J. C. de ., Franco, O.H. (Oscar H.), Ikram, A., … Schoufour, J. (2017). Dietary patterns and changes in frailty status: the Rotterdam study. European Journal of Nutrition, 1–11. doi:10.1007/s00394-017-1509-9 |