The association between healthy eating index and serum antioxidant indices in patients with different degrees of cataract compared to healthy subjects: a case-control study

Purpose Studies conducted on association between diet and cataract, found conflicting results. This paper aims to investigate the association between healthy eating index (HEI) and serum antioxidant and oxidant indices in patients with different degrees of cataract compared to the healthy subjects. Design/methodology/approach Ninety volunteers (aged > 50 years) were divided into the cataract (n = 45) and healthy control (n = 45) groups in this case-control study. Anthropometric variables, HEI score, serum total oxidant capacity (TOC) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC), blood pressure, physical activity and stress measurements were done for all participants. Findings There was a significant difference in stress level between subgroup of first-degree cataract and healthy controls (16.6 ± 2.3 vs 42.5 ± 29.0, p < 0.001) as well as third-degree cataract (16.6 ± 2.3 vs 75.2 ± 22.6, p < 0.001). Serum TAC was significantly higher in healthy people compared to the first-degree (1.2 ± 0.2 vs 1 ± 0.2, p = 0.002) and third-degree cataract patients (1.2 ± 0.2 vs 1.0 ± 0.2, p = 0.013). Also, serum TOC was significantly lower in healthy controls compared to the first-degree (8.2 ± 1.1 vs 9.2 ± 1.0, p = 0.006) and third-degree cataract patients (8.2 ± 1.1 vs 9.1 ± 1.2, p = 0.015). There was a significant direct correlation between moderation (r = 0.61, p = 0.019) and total score of HEI (r = 0.57, p = 0.031) with serum TAC only in the first-degree cataract patients. Also there was a significant negative correlation between moderation score of HEI with serum TOC in the first-degree cataract patients (r = −0.60, p = 0.025), and there was a significant negative correlation between moderation (r = −0.36, p = 0.017) and total score (r=−0.35, p = 0.021) of HEI and TOC in the total cataract patients. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study on the assessment of the relationship between components of HEI and serum antioxidant indicators in different types of cataract compared to healthy individuals. It could be a start point for more detailed and large-scaled studies, even intervention studies, in this field.

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Healthy eating index-2015 and breast cancer: a case-control study

Nutrition & Food Science ◽

10.1108/nfs-03-2020-0101 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Maryam Safabakhsh ◽

Sakineh Shab-Bidar ◽

Hossein Imani

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Healthy Eating ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Case Control ◽

Healthy Eating Index ◽

Iranian Women ◽

Content Type ◽

Risk Of Cancer ◽

Component Scores ◽

Control Study

Purpose Recently, evidences have suggested that healthy eating index (HEI), an index-based dietary pattern, may be a predictor for the risk of cancer. This paper aims to examine the association of HEI-2015 and its all components scores with the risk of breast cancer (BC), separately, among Iranian women. Design/methodology/approach In the present hospital-based, case-control study, 150 age-matched of cases (newly diagnosed female) and 150 controls were recruited. Data of dietary habits and anthropometric measures were obtained, and eventually, the HEI-2015 score was calculated. Multivariate odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to evaluate the relationship between the risk of BC across tertiles (Ts) of total HEI-2015 and its all component scores. Findings The results presented that in adjusted model, there was no significant difference between total HEI-2015 (p = 0.14) and its all component scores (p > 0.09) of healthy subjects and females with BC. Moreover, multivariable logistic regression analyses indicated that HEI-2015 score was not associated with the risk of BC in either crude (p-trend = 0.94) or adjusted (p-trend = 0.73) analyses. In the analyses of HEI-2015 components scores, it was observed that the scores of grains (OR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.30–0.94) and total protein foods (OR, 0.13; 95% CI, 0.02–0.58) may have a relation with BC risk in crude model but after adjusting for BC risk factors, the mentioned associations changed to non-significant. Originality/value The findings of current study suggested that there was no significant association of total HEI-2015 and its components scores, independently, with BC incidence among Iranian women.

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Healthy Eating Index-2015 and Dietary Total Antioxidant Capacity as Predictors of Prediabetes: A Case-Control Study

International Journal of Endocrinology ◽

10.1155/2021/2742103 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Jamal Rahmani ◽

Karim Parastouei ◽

Maryam Taghdir ◽

Heitor O. Santos ◽

Farinaz Hosseini Balam ◽

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Keyword(s):

Healthy Eating ◽

Total Antioxidant Capacity ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Case Control ◽

Healthy Eating Index ◽

Dietary Quality ◽

Glucose Levels ◽

Total Antioxidant ◽

Control Study ◽

Dietary Total Antioxidant Capacity

Background. The overall dietary quality, as well as the dietary total antioxidant capacity (DTAC), deserves central attention in the management of borderline high glucose levels since nonpharmacological strategies are imperative in this regard. Thus, we aimed to investigate the association between prediabetes with dietary quality and DTAC. Methods. A case-control study was conducted on 49 patients with prediabetes and 98 controls. Demographics, anthropometric measures, and fasting blood glucose levels of all participants were obtained. Participants completed a validated 80-item food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). DTAC scores were generated using FFQ data, and Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015) was used as a diet quality index. The lowest tertile of HEI-2015 and DTAC was considered as the reference category, and logistic regression was used to estimate the relationship between prediabetes with HEI-215 and DTAC. Results. Mean age and body mass index of participants were 47.42 ± 15.98 years and 27.90 ± 4.96 kg/m2. Patients with prediabetes had lower DTAC scores when compared to controls (11.86 ± 5.77 and 17.81 ± 12.08, P = 0.01). There was a significant inverse association between the highest tertile of the DTAC score when compared with the lowest tertile in crude (OR = 0.11; 95% CI: 0.03–0.43), age-adjusted (OR = 0.13; 95% CI: 0.03–0.48), and fully adjusted (OR = 0.09; 95% CI: 0.02–0.53) models. In contrast, there was no difference between HEI-2015 in patients with prediabetes when compared to controls (74.41 ± 8.91 and 74.41 ± 9.35, respectively; P = 0.85). Correspondingly, no difference was observed between the highest tertile of the HEI-2015 score when compared with the lowest tertile in crude (OR = 1.23; 95% CI: 0.53–2.86), age-adjusted (OR = 1.17; 95% CI: 0.48–2.82), and fully adjusted (OR = 1.53; 95% CI: 0.56–4.16) models. Conclusion. This study demonstrates a clear association between prediabetes with less DTAC, but not with HEI-2015.

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Greater Adherence to Dietary Guidelines were Associated with Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Case-Control Study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-100628/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Shang-Ling Wu ◽

Yan-Bin Ye ◽

Long-Yun Peng ◽

Yu-Ming Chen ◽

Fang-Fang Zeng ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Healthy Eating ◽

Diet Quality ◽

Lower Risk ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Case Control ◽

Healthy Eating Index ◽

Dietary Guidelines ◽

Chinese Patients ◽

Control Study

Abstract Background The evidence regarding the impact of the healthy eating index on the risk of cardiovascular events among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) is limited. To examine the associations of adherence to the Chinese and American dietary guidelines and the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among Chinese individuals with T2D. Methods This 1:1 matched case-control study included 419 enrolled pairs hospital-based CVD cases and controls who were matched by age and sex, in Guangdong province, China, all of whom had T2D. A structured questionnaire and a 79-item food-frequency questionnaire was used to collect general information and dietary intake information. Diet quality scores were calculated according to the Chinese Healthy Eating Index (CHEI) and the Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015). Results After adjustment for various confounding factors, the higher diet quality scores on the CHEI and HEI-2015 showed a significant association with a lower risk of CVD. The odds ratios (95% confidence interval) per 5-score increment were 0.88(0.83,0.92) in the CHEI and 0.80(0.74,0.88) in the HEI-2015, respectively. In stratified analyses, the protective associations remained significant in the subgroups of sex, smoking status, tea-drinking, hypertension state, dyslipidemia state, BMI, and T2D duration, but not among the drinkers in CHEI. Conclusion Greater adherence to the most recent Chinese or American dietary guidelines were associated with a lower risk of CVD incidents among Chinese patients with T2D.

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Healthy Eating Index-2010 and Mediterranean-Style Dietary Pattern Score and the risk of colorectal cancer and adenoma: a case–control study

Nutrition and Cancer ◽

10.1080/01635581.2019.1683212 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 72 (8) ◽

pp. 1326-1335 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Saeede Jafari Nasab ◽

Alireza Bahrami ◽

Pegah Rafiee ◽

Azita Hekmatdoust ◽

Matin Ghanavati ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Colorectal Cancer ◽

Healthy Eating ◽

Dietary Pattern ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Case Control ◽

Healthy Eating Index ◽

Control Study

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Healthy Eating Index in Patients With Cataract: A Case-Control Study

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal ◽

10.5812/ircmj.22490 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 17 (10) ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Matin Ghanavati ◽

Maryam Behrooz ◽

Bahram Rashidkhani ◽

Damoon Ashtray-Larky ◽

Seyed Davood Zameni ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Healthy Eating ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Case Control ◽

Healthy Eating Index ◽

Control Study

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Association between healthy eating index, body mass index, and early childhood caries in schoolchildren of Sakaka, KSA: A case–control study

Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry ◽

10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_34_19 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 306

Author(s):

Sudhakar Vundavalli ◽

AnilKumar Nagarajappa ◽

Radhika Doppalapudi ◽

AdelSaleh Alhabarti ◽

AhmedSaad Assaf Aleiadah ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Early Childhood ◽

Body Mass ◽

Healthy Eating ◽

Early Childhood Caries ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Case Control ◽

Healthy Eating Index ◽

Control Study ◽

Childhood Caries

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Adherence to Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI-2010) is not associated with risk of stroke in Iranian adults: a case-control study

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research ◽

10.1024/0300-9831/a000603 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Seyed Mohammad Mousavi ◽

Alireza Milajerdi ◽

Hamed Pouraram ◽

Mohammad Saadatnia ◽

Forough Shakeri ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Healthy Eating ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Cerebrovascular Diseases ◽

Case Control ◽

Healthy Eating Index ◽

Dietary Intakes ◽

Sweetened Beverages ◽

Significant Burden ◽

History Of ◽

Control Study

Abstract. Background: Stroke is a major global health problem that contributes to a significant burden of morbidity and mortality. The association of several foods and nutrients with stroke has been well-established. However, the effect of the whole diet on stroke is poorly understood. In this work, we aimed to examine the association between the quality of whole diet, as measured using Alternate Healthy Eating Index-2010 (AHEI-2010), and risk of stroke in Iranian adults. Methods: In this hospital-based case-control study, 193 stroke patients (diagnosed based on clinical and brain CT findings) and 193 controls with no history of cerebrovascular diseases or neurologic disorders were included. The participants’ dietary intakes were examined using a validated 168-item semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. AHEI-2010 was constructed based on earlier studies. Participants were classified according to tertiles of AHEI-2010 scores and multivariate logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between whole diet quality and risk of stroke. Results: Individuals with greater adherence to AHEI-2010 had a higher intake of fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes, whole grains and carbohydrate, and a lower intake of trans-fatty acids, sugar-sweetened beverages, total energy and fat (P < 0.05). After adjusting for potential confounders, adherence to AHEI-2010 was not significantly associated with a reduced risk of stroke (OR: 0.92; 95% CI: 0.56–1.51). Conclusion: We found that adherence to AHEI-2010 was not associated with risk of stroke in Iranian adults. Further prospective studies are warranted to validate this finding and clarify the relationship between whole diet and stroke.

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Dietary habits and anthropometric indices among patients with major depressive disorder

Nutrition & Food Science ◽

10.1108/nfs-05-2014-0039 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 213-220

Author(s):

Javad Mohtadinia ◽

Nasim Abedimanesh ◽

Solmaz Nomi Golzar ◽

Mina Analoii

Keyword(s):

Major Depressive Disorder ◽

Depressive Disorder ◽

Healthy Subjects ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Dietary Habits ◽

Case Control ◽

Major Depressive ◽

Anthropometric Indices ◽

Content Type ◽

Control Study

Purpose – This paper aims to determine the comparison between dietary habits and intakes and also anthropometric indices among adult patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and healthy controls. MDD is a common psychiatric disorder with high prevalence in the world which imposes great economic pressure on the society and also the individual. Nutritional factors affect depressive symptoms by different mechanisms, so dietary modification would be inexpensive and somewhat conceivable. Design/methodology/approach – This pilot case – control study was performed on 30 MDD patients and 30 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects. Demographic and anthropometric characteristics of the patients were recorded. Dietary intake and food habits were assessed by food records and using the food frequency questionnaire, respectively. Variables were compared between two groups using the independent t-test or Mann – Whitney test. Findings – Nutrient intake (except for copper and vitamin D) was significantly higher among healthy subjects when compared to the MDD patients. Daily frequency of food consumption was significantly low among depressed patients in comparison to healthy participants in all seven food groups, except the bread and cereals group. Healthy subjects consumed more fish, about once during two months of a year, while this number was low for MDD patients. Originality/value – The results of this case – control study revealed that dietary habits and consequently micronutrient and macronutrient intakes were significantly different between healthy and MDD patients.

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