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7981849

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-1-5
pubmed:abstractText
We analyzed eating patterns of 4643 adults (1988 men and 2655 women) aged 65 years and older at the time of their enrollment in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Diet was assessed with a qualitative, picture-sort food frequency questionnaire along with supplemental questions on other eating pattern variables. Consumption of high fat foods and low fiber foods was more frequent in older participants, men, minorities, and persons with body mass index > or = 30 kg/m2 and less common among persons who reported following self-prescribed or medically prescribed special diets. Few associations of consumption of specific food groups with disease status were identified. Participants with coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease were significantly more likely to report following a special diet and using low-calorie or low-sodium food products, however. Although the percentage of participants with prevalent disease who reported following special diets was relatively low from a clinical perspective, it was sufficiently high to suggest that controlling for dietary modifications may be important when attempting to identify associations of diet with prevalent disease in older populations.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1047-2797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
404-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-6-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Eating patterns of community-dwelling older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Multicenter Study