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Parental death from cardiovascular disease and dietary habits in an elderly group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Rosa M. Ortega ,
Pedro Andres ,
Matilde Azuela ,
Alfonso Encinas-Sotillos  and
Maria Jesus Gaspar
Rosa M. Ortega
Affiliation:
Departamento de Nutriciön, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, 28040-Madrid, Spain
Pedro Andres
Affiliation:
Departamento de Nutriciön y Bromatología II, Laboratorio de Técnicas Instrumentales, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, 28040-Madrid, Spain
Matilde Azuela
Affiliation:
Departamento de Nutriciön, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, 28040-Madrid, Spain
Alfonso Encinas-Sotillos
Affiliation:
E. A. P. Rafael Alberti, Madrid, Spain
Maria Jesus Gaspar
Affiliation:
Servicio de Análisis Clínicos, Hospital del INSALUD, Guadalajara, Spain
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Abstract

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The present study examines the influence of parental history of death from cardiovascular disease on dietary habits and nutritional status of a group of seventy-two Spanish elderly. Those with at least one parent who had died of cardiovascular disease (43·1% of the cases) had higher diastolic blood pressure (P < 0·05) and nutrient intakes less favourable from the cardiovascular risk point of view than those whose parents died of other causes. Descendants whose parents died of cardiovascular disease had higher total fat, animal fat, saturated fatty acids, myristic acid and palmitic acid intakes and a lower monounsaturated fatty acids: saturated fatty acids value than descendants of those who died from other causes (all P < 0·05).

Keywords

Blood pressureCardiovascular diseaseDietary habitsSerum lipidsElderly
Type
Diet and Coronary Heart Disease
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 71 , Issue 2 , February 1994 , pp. 259 - 270
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1994

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