Naslov
Do nutritional habits contribute to differences in adult cardiovascular mortality between the coastal and continental regions in Croatia?
(Do nutritional habits contribute to differences in adult cardiovascular mortality between the coastal and continental regions of Croatia?)

Autori
Pavlović, Mladen

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
4th Nutrition and Health conference November 21-22, 2003, Biographies & Abstracts / Waione, Colin - London : Delhi : Www.nutritionandhealth.co.uk, 2003, 46-46

Skup
4th Nutrition and Health Conference WxCel Conference Centre-London, November 21-22, 2003

Mjesto i datum
London, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 21.11.2003. - 22.11.2003

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
prehrana; smrtnost; kontinentalna; primorska; longitudinalna
(nutrition; inland; coastal; folow-up; mortality)

Sažetak
There are marked regional differences in mortality in Croatia. Mortality is lowest in the coastal regions and highest in the northern part near to Hungarian border. We have examined whether nutritional habits have similar geographical distribution as mortality and whether they can potentially explain the differences between the coastal and inland parts of Croatia. We have used data from a cohort study of men and women in 6 locations in Croatia: these were aggregated into 3 groups: the North, Zagreb, and Dalmatia /the coast/. The cohort was first examined in 1969 and then in 1972 and 1982, and mortality follow up is complete until 1999, a brief semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire was administred in 1982 /1092 men and 1321 women/. We investigated differences in intakes in main groups of foods between the regions. Relation between food intake and mortality was studied in Cox regression analyses. There were clear geographical differences in nutritional habits though they differed between men and women. In general, subjects in Dalmatia had higher intake of wine, fish and fresh fruits and vegetables and lower intake of red meat than the northern region, and many of these variables predicted mortality in the cohort. The results are consistent with other data on the protective effect of the Mediterranean diet abd suggest that nutrition is a strong candidate for explaining geographical differences in mortality in Croatia

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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