Journal
NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Volume 22, Issue 3, Pages 200-207Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2010.06.011
Keywords
Metabolic syndrome; Red meat; Processed red meat; PREDIMED study
Funding
- Spanish Ministry of Health (Instituto de Salud Carlos III)
- Thematic Network [G03/140, RTIC RD06/0045/0009]
- Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias [PI04/1828, PI05/1839, PI07/0240]
- CYCYT [AGL2005-0365]
- FEDER (Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional)
- Public Health Division of the Department of Health of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia
- Centre Catala de la Nutricio of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans
- Agencia Canaria de Investigacion
- Innovacion y Sociedad de la Informacion Gobierno de Canarias [PI 2007/050]
- Caixa Tarragona [09-758]
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Background and aims: Little is known about the role that red meat and processed red meat (RM) consumption plays in the development of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). The aim was to assess the relationship between RM consumption and the prevalence or incidence of the Met S and its components in a Mediterranean population at high risk of cardiovascular disease. Methods and results: Cross-sectional analyses were carried out at baseline and at 1-year follow-up and longitudinal analysis were conducted in a cohort of individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease from the PREDIMED study. A 137-item validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, anthropometric measurements, blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose and lipid profile were evaluated both at baseline and after 1-year follow-up. The MetS was defined in accordance with the updated ATP III criteria. Subjects in the upper quartile of RM consumption were more likely to meet the criteria for the MetS at baseline (OR, 2.3; 95% CI, 1.4-3.9; P-trend=0.001) and after 1-year follow-up (OR, 2.2; 95% CI, 1.3-3.7; P-trend=0.034) compared with those in the quartile of reference, even after adjusting for potential confounders. The longitudinal analyses showed that individuals in the fourth quartile of RM consumption had an increased risk of MetS (OR, 2.7; 95% CI, 1.1-6.8; P-trend=0.009) or central obesity incidence (OR, 8.1; 95% CI, 1.4-46.0; P-trend=0.077) at the end of the follow-up compared to the lowest quartile. Conclusions: Higher RM consumption is associated with a significantly higher prevalence and incidence of MetS and central obesity in individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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