Nutrients | |
Association between Dietary Patterns and the Indicators of Obesity among Chinese: A Cross-Sectional Study | |
Long Shu1  Pei-Fen Zheng1  Xiao-Yan Zhang1  Cai-Juan Si1  Xiao-Long Yu1  Wei Gao1  Lun Zhang1  | |
[1] Department of Nutrition, Zhejiang Hospital, Xihu district, Hangzhou 310013, Zhejiang, China; E-Mails: | |
关键词: dietary patterns; obesity; China; cross-sectional study; factor analysis; | |
DOI : 10.3390/nu7095376 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
No previous study has investigated dietary pattern in association with obesity risk in a middle-aged Chinese population. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the associations between dietary patterns and the risk of obesity in the city of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, east China. In this cross-sectional study of 2560 subjects aged 45–60 years, dietary intakes were evaluated using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). All anthropometric measurements were obtained using standardized procedures. The partial correlation analysis was performed to assess the associations between dietary patterns and body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist to hip ratio (WHR). Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to examine the associations between dietary patterns and obesity, with adjustment for potential confounders. Four major dietary patterns were extracted by means of factor analysis: animal food, traditional Chinese, western fast-food, and high-salt patterns. The animal food pattern was positively associated with BMI (
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