Adherence to a Mediterranean Dietary Pattern status and associated factors among Portuguese older adults: Results from the Nutrition UP 65 cross-sectional study

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2019

Autores

Teixeira, B (Autor) Outra; Afonso, Cláudia (Autor) FCNAUP; Sousa, Ana (Autor) Outra; Guerra, Rita (Autor) Outra; Santos, Alejandro (Autor) FCNAUP; Borges, Nuno (Autor) FCNAUP; Moreira, Pedro (Autor) FCNAUP; Padrão, Patrícia (Autor) FCNAUP; Amaral, Teresa (Autor) FCNAUP

Revista

Título: Nutrition

Vol. 65

Páginas: 91-96

ISSN: 0899-9007

Editora: Elsevier

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 11 Citações

Scopus - 12 Citações

Classificação Científica

CORDIS: Ciências da Saúde

FOS: Ciências médicas e da saúde

Projetos Associados

NUTRITION UP 65 - Projeto Nutrition UP 65 | nutritional strategies facing an older demography

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-00Q-CDM

DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2019.03.005

Abstract (EN): Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern (MDP) and its associated factors in older Portuguese adults. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was designed. In the context of the Nutrition UP 65 study, a national cluster sample of 1407 Portuguese individuals ¿65 y of age was analyzed. Adherence to the MDP was evaluated with the Portuguese version of the Prevention with Mediterranean Diet tool. The association between an individual's characteristics and adherence to the MDP was analyzed through hierarchical logistic regression analysis. Results: In this study, 43% of participants adhered to the MDP (n = 609). Higher educational level (odds ratio [OR], 2.38; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.54¿3.69), living in the center (OR, 1.35; 95% CI, 1.01¿1.79), being married or living in a common-law marriage (OR, 1.54; 95% CI, 1.20¿1.97), and body mass index (OR preobese , 1.52; 95% CI, 1.02¿2.25) were related with increased odds of adherence to the MDP. Otherwise, lower adherence to the MDP was found for participants who were ¿80 y of age (OR, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.52¿0.94), who lived in Madeira (OR, 0.35; 95% CI, 0.14¿0.89) and Azores (OR, 0.28; 95% CI, 0.08¿0.99), who rated their health as moderate (OR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.50¿0.84) or as bad or very bad (OR, 0.63; 95% CI, 0.45¿0.90), and those who reported six or more comorbidities (OR, 0.62; 95% CI, 0.39¿0.97). Conclusions: Of the sample, 57% did not adhere to the Mediterranean diet. Potentially modifiable factors associated with lower adherence to the MDP were lower educational and health status. © 2019 Elsevier Inc.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica