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Acta medica Croatica : Časopis Akademije medicinskih znanosti Hrvatske, Vol. 67 No. 3, 2013.

Original scientific paper

RED AND PROCESSED MEAT AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTOR

BRUNO ATALIĆ ; Zavod za javno zdravstvo i primarnu zaštitu, Sveučilište u Cambridgeu, Cambridge, Velika Britanija
JURICA TOTH ; Zavod za hitnu medicinu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
VLASTA ATALIĆ ; Zavod za javno zdravstvo Osječko-baranjske županije, Osijek, Hrvatska
DANIJELA RADANOVIĆ ; Odjel za internu medicinu, Opća bolnica Vukovar, Vukovar, Hrvatska
MAJA MIŠKULIN ; Zavod za javno zdravstvo i primarnu zaštitu, Sveučilište u Cambridgeu, Cambridge, Velika Britanija
ANA LUČIN ; Dom zdravlja Zagreb Istok, Zagreb, Hrvatska

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Abstract

Aims: The British National Diet and Nutrition 2000/1 Survey data set records on 1,724 respondents (766 males and 958 females) were analyzed in order to assess the potential influences of red and processed meat intakes on cardiovascular risk factors. Methods: Linear regression of the associations of the red, processed, combination of red and processed, and total meat intakes with body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure and plasma total cholesterol as cardiovascular risk factors was conducted, paying due attention to the subject age and sex as potential confounders. Results: Linear analyses showed the total meat intake and combined red and processed meat intake to cause a 1.03 kg/m2 rise in BMI each, while the red and processed meat intakes analyzed as separate categories caused 1.02 kg/m2 rise each. The greatest effects were observed on the systolic blood pressure with a 1.7 mm Hg rise for the total and the red and processed meat intakes, 1.5 mm Hg rise for the red meat intake, and 1.02 mm Hg rise for the processed meat intake. There were no associations between different meat intakes and plasma total cholesterol. Discussion and Conclusion: Study results revealed the interquartile ranges of the mentioned meat type intakes to increase BMI by around 1 kg/m2 and systolic blood pressure by around 1.5 mm Hg, while they had no influence on plasma total cholesterol.

Keywords

cardiovascular diseases; cardiovascular risk factors; body mass index; systolic blood pressure; plasma total cholesterol

Hrčak ID:

113380

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/113380

Publication date:

14.1.2014.

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