Associations between Dietary Intake and Metabolic Syndrome Risk Parameters in Vietnamese Female Marriage Immigrants in South Korea

This study was conducted to compare the overall changes in dietary intake and metabolic syndrome risk parameters in Vietnamese marriage-based female immigrants over time. The subjects of this study were 581 Vietnamese marriage-based female immigrants who were recruited from local clinical centers in South Korea. Baseline data were collected from 2006–2011, and the follow-up data were collected from 2012–2014. Dietary food intake was assessed by a 1-d 24-h recall method. Compared with the baseline, the mean body weight, body mass index, waist circumference, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (C), systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure increased while the fasting blood sugar, triglycerides, and low-density lipoprotein-C decreased at follow-up. The total consumption of food such as vegetables, fruits, seaweeds, mushrooms, oil, fat, and eggs decreased during the follow-up period, whereas the consumption of sugars, beverages, and meats increased. Partial correlation between the rate of change in metabolic syndrome risk parameters and food intake after controlling for confounding factors showed that the waist circumference was positively correlated with the total plant food intake (r = 0.1042, P = 0.0129) or the total food intake (r = 0.0880, P = 0.0359). The plasma concentrations of total C (r = -0.1918, P = 0.0289) and HDL-C (r = -0.1424, P = 0.0007) were negatively correlated with the percentage of total intake from plant food, and HDL-C concen...
Source: Advances in Nutrition - Category: Nutrition Authors: Tags: Community, Public Health, and Global Nutrition Source Type: research