Title of article :
THE PREVALENCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS and CORRELATION WITH NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES
Author/Authors :
Mohammadi, Sommaieh Emdadi hospital - Zanjan University of Medical Sciences , Hossein-zadeh Attar, Mohammad javad Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry - School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research -Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Hossein-nejad, Arash Endocrine and Metabolic Research Center - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Hosseini, Hossein School of Pharmacology - Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Eshraghian, Mohammad Reza Department of Statistics - School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Karimi, Mehrdad Department of Traditional Medicine - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Jafari, Nazila Internal Medicine - Social Security Organization, Tehran , Rahmani, Mazaher Endocrine and Metabolic Research Center - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Karimi, Farzaneh Endocrine and Metabolic Research Center - Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Abstract :
BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes is a major predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD). There is
a large body of evidence that nutrients have a important role in preventing and controlling of
CVD risk factors. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of CVD risk factors and their relations
with nutrients and energy intake in patients with type 2 diabetes.
METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 107 patients with type 2 diabetes were recruited from
individuals who underwent routine medical check-up in the out patient clinic of Shariati Hospital,
Tehran, Iran. Patients were evaluated for age, anthropometric measures, blood pressure,
fasting blood glucose, lipid profile and HbA1C. Nutrient intakes were obtained via 24- hour recall
from each patient in three consecutive days. Nutrients and data analysis were done using
FPII and SPSS version 13 soft wares.
RESULTS: Overall, 10.9% and 87.9% of patients had respectively two and more than two CVD
risk factors. The intakes of energy, protein, dietary fiber and vitamins including vitamin C, E,
B12, B6, B3, B2, B1, B5 and mineral such as copper and zinc were less than the standard values
(P < 0.001). The status of some nutrients intake was significantly correlated with some CVD
risks factors.
CONCLUSION: This study indicates a high prevalence of CVD risk factors among diabetic patients
and emphasizes on the important role of nutrients intake in prevention and control of
these risks. These findings suggest the necessity for improvement of nutrition status for reducing
the prevalence of diabetes and CVD.
Keywords :
cardiovascular risk factors , nutrition , diabetes
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
