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The association of plant-based dietary patterns with visceral adiposity, lipid accumulation product, and triglyceride-glucose index in Iranian adults
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  • Mahshid shahavandi,
  • Farhang Djafari,
  • hossein shahinfar,
  • Samira Davarzani,
  • Nadia Babaei,
  • Mojdeh Ebaditabar,
  • kurosh djafarian,
  • Cain C.C. Clark,
  • Sakineh Shab-Bidar
Mahshid shahavandi
Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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Farhang Djafari
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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hossein shahinfar
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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Samira Davarzani
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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Nadia Babaei
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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Mojdeh Ebaditabar
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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kurosh djafarian
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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Cain C.C. Clark
Coventry University
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Sakineh Shab-Bidar
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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Abstract

Abstract Background: We sought to investigate whether adherence to a more plant-based, and less animal-based, diet is associated with visceral adiposity, lipid accumulation product (LAP), and triglyceride-glucose index (TyG) in Iranian adults. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 270 adults aged between 18-75 years old. We created three plant-based diets. including an overall plant-based diet index (PDI), hPDI, and uPDI based on tertiles regarding the intake of animal- or plant-based food items obtained from a semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire. Results: Higher hPDI was significantly associated with lower body mass index (BMI) (P-value = 0.01), lower waist circumference (P-value<0.001), and lower waist-hip ratio (P-value<0.001). A significant increase was found for high-density lipoproteins (HDL) (P-trend <0.001) with a significant decrease for LAP (P-value = 0.03) in those with higher adherence to hPDI. Moreover, greater adherence to PDI was associated with a significant increase in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (p-value=0.01) and fat free mass (FFM) (p-value=0.01). There were no significant associations between PDIs and TyG and VFA. Conclusion: We found that a higher hPDI score was significantly associated with better anthropometric measurements. A significant increase was found for HDL and a significant decrease was found for LAP on hPDI. However, a higher PDI score was significantly associated with higher DBP and higher FFM.
Sep 2020Published in Complementary Therapies in Medicine volume 53 on pages 102531. 10.1016/j.ctim.2020.102531