Lifestyle factors and visceral adipose tissue: Results from the PREDIMED-PLUS study

Galmes-Panades, A.M. (Aina M.); Konieczna, J. (Jadwiga); Abete, I. (Itziar); Colom, A. (Antoni); Rosique-Esteban, N. (Nuria); Zulet, M.A. (María Ángeles); Vazquez-Ruiz, Z. (Zenaida); Estruch, R. (Ramón); Vidal, J. (Josep); Toledo, E. (Estefanía); Babio, N. (Nancy); Fiol, M. (Miquel); Casas, R. (Rosa); Vera, J. (Josep); Buil-Cosiales, P. (Pilar); Paz, J.A. (José Antonio) de; Goday, A. (Albert); Salas-Salvado, J. (Jordi); Martinez, A. (Alfredo); Romaguera, D. (Dora); PREDIMED-PLUS Investigators

Keywords:

Materias Investigacion::Ciencias de la Salud::Medicina preventiva

Issue Date:

2019

Publisher:

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Project:

340918 - PREDIMED PLUS - Long-term effects of an energy-restricted Mediterranean diet on mortality and cardiovascular disease: the PREDIMED PLUS Study

ISSN:

1932-6203

Note:

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Citation:

Galmes-Panades, A.M. (Aina M.); Konieczna, J. (Jadwiga); Abete, I. (Itziar); et al. "Lifestyle factors and visceral adipose tissue: Results from the PREDIMED-PLUS study". PLOS ONE. 14 (1), 2019, e0210726

Abstract

Background: Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is a strong predictor of cardiometabolic health, and lifestyle factors may have a positive influence on VAT depot. This study aimed to assess the cross-sectional associations between baseline levels of physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviours (SB) and adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) with VAT depot in older individuals with overweight/obesity and metabolic syndrome. Methods: Baseline data of the PREDIMED-Plus study including a sample of 1,231 Caucasian men and women aged 55-75 years were used. Levels of leisure-time PA (total, light, and moderate-to-vigorous, in METs·min/day) and SB (total and TV-viewing, in h/day) were evaluated using validated questionnaires. Adherence to the MedDiet was evaluated using a 17-item energy-restricted MedDiet (erMedDiet) screener. The chair-stand test was used to estimate the muscle strength. VAT depot was assessed with DXA-CoreScan. Multivariable adjusted linear regression models were used to evaluate the association between lifestyle factors and VAT. For the statistics we had used multiadjusted linear regression models. Results: Total leisure-time PA (100 METs·min/day: β -24.3g, -36.7;-11.9g), moderate-to-vigorous PA (β -27.8g, 95% CI -40.8;-14.8g), chair-stand test (repeat: β -11.5g, 95% CI -20.1;-2.93g) were inversely associated, and total SB (h/day: β 38.2g, 95% CI 14.7;61.7) positively associated with VAT. Light PA, TV-viewing time and adherence to an erMedDiet were not significantly associated with VAT. Conclusions: In older adults with overweigh/obesity and metabolic syndrome, greater PA, muscle strength, and lower total SB were associated with less VAT depot. In this study, adherence to an erMedDiet was not associated with lower VAT.

URI:

https://hdl.handle.net/10171/62133

DOI:

10.1371/journal.pone.0210726

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