Association between high sensitivity C-reactive protein and dietary intake in Vietnamese young women.
- Author:
Ahra KO
1
;
Hyesook KIM
;
Chan Jung HAN
;
Ji Myung KIM
;
Hye Won CHUNG
;
Namsoo CHANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: hsCRP; fruits and vegetables; dietary intake; Vietnamese women
- MeSH: Asian Continental Ancestry Group*; C-Reactive Protein*; Cardiovascular Diseases; Cohort Studies; Cooperative Behavior; Epidemiology; Female; Folic Acid; Fruit; Genome; Humans; Logistic Models; Odds Ratio; Plants; Potassium; Risk Factors; Vegetables; Vietnam
- From:Nutrition Research and Practice 2014;8(4):445-452
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: High sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) is a strong independent predictor of future cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. We evaluated the relationship between hsCRP and dietary intake in apparently healthy young women living in southern Vietnam. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Serum hsCRP was measured and dietary intake data were obtained using the 1-day 24-hour recall method in women (n = 956; mean age, 25.0 +/- 5.7 years) who participated in the International Collaboration Study for the Construction of Asian Cohort of the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES) in 2011. RESULTS: Women in the high risk group (> 3 mg/L) consumed fewer fruits and vegetables, total plant food, potassium, and folate than those in the low risk group (< 1 mg/L). A multiple regression analysis after adjusting for covariates revealed a significant negative association between hsCRP and fruit and vegetable consumption. A logistic regression analysis showed that the odds ratio (OR) of having a high hsCRP level in women with the highest quartiles of consumption of fruits and vegetables [OR, 0.391; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.190-0.807], potassium [OR, 0.425; 95% CI, 0.192-0.939] and folate [OR, 0.490; 95% CI, 0.249-0.964] were significantly lower than those in the lowest quartiles. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that, in young Vietnamese women, an increased consumption of fruit and vegetables might be beneficial for serum hsCRP, a risk factor for future CVD events.
