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The Impact of Abdominal Obesity Status on Cardiovascular Response to the Mediterranean Diet
Joint Authors
Bédard, Alexandra
Corneau, Louise
Dodin, Sylvie
Lemieux, Simone
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-10-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We investigated the impact of abdominal obesity status on the cardiovascular response to a fully controlled 4-week isoenergetic Mediterranean diet (MedDiet).
Thirty-eight abdominally obese individuals (waist circumference >102 cm in men and >88 cm in women) and thirty-one nonabdominally obese individuals were recruited and studied before and after the MedDiet.
All analyses were adjusted for the slight decrease in body weight, which occurred during the MedDiet (mean: 0.9±1.2 kg).
A group by time interaction was noted for waist circumference (P=0.02), abdominally obese subjects showing a significant decrease and nonabdominally obese subjects a nonsignificant increase (resp., −1.1 and +0.3%).
The MedDiet resulted in decreases in total cholesterol, LDL-C, HDL-C, apolipoprotein B, A-1, and A-2, total cholesterol/HDL-C ratio, LDL-C/HDL-C ratio, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure (time effect: P<0.05).
For all variables related to glucose/insulin homeostasis, no change was observed except for a decrease in 2 h glucose concentrations (time effect: P=0.03).
No group by time interaction was observed in any of the metabolic variables studied.
Results from our study suggest that the adoption of the MedDiet leads to beneficial metabolic effects, irrespective of the abdominal obesity status.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bédard, Alexandra& Dodin, Sylvie& Corneau, Louise& Lemieux, Simone. 2012. The Impact of Abdominal Obesity Status on Cardiovascular Response to the Mediterranean Diet. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bédard, Alexandra…[et al.]. The Impact of Abdominal Obesity Status on Cardiovascular Response to the Mediterranean Diet. Journal of Obesity No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Bédard, Alexandra& Dodin, Sylvie& Corneau, Louise& Lemieux, Simone. The Impact of Abdominal Obesity Status on Cardiovascular Response to the Mediterranean Diet. Journal of Obesity. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512253
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-512253