地中海食と大気汚染と心血管疾患の死亡リスクとの関連
Chris C Lim1, Richard B Hayes1,2, Jiyoung Ahn1,2
1Departments of Environmental Medicine (C.C.L., R.B.H., J.A., Y.S., G.D.T.), New York University School of Medicine.
Circulation
|February 1, 2019
まとめ
地中海の食生活は 長期にわたる大気汚染による 心血管疾患による死亡リスクを下げます 地中海の食生活に従うことは,大気汚染物質の健康負担を軽減するのに役立ちます.
科学分野:
- 環境 健康
- 栄養学
- 心血管伝染病学
背景:
- 最近の証拠によると 栄養補助食品は 急性大気汚染の影響を軽減します
- 長期にわたる食生活が 大気汚染に起因する健康への影響は まだ十分に研究されていない.
研究 の 目的:
- 地中海の食生活が,長期にわたる大気汚染と心血管疾患による死亡リスクとの関連性を変化させるかどうかを調査する.
主な方法:
- 国立衛生研究所-アメリカ退職者協会の食事と健康研究コホート (N=548,945) を利用した.
- コホートデータと大気汚染の推定値 (微細粒子,二酸化窒素) をリンクし,代替地中海食指数を用いて地中海食の遵守を評価した.
- 心血管,心不全,脳血管疾患の死亡リスクを調べ,食事による効果変化を分析した.
主要な成果:
- 微細粒子物質と二酸化窒素への曝露と,心血管,心不全,脳血管疾患による死亡率の増加との間に重要な関連性が見られた.
- 代替地中海食指数値の上昇は,大気汚染への曝露に関連して,心血管疾患による死亡率の有意な低下と関連していた (P-相互作用< 0. 05).
結論:
- 地中海食は,アメリカの大規模なコホートにおいて,慢性的な空気の汚染物質への曝露に関連した心血管疾患の死亡リスクを明らかに減少させる.
- 地中海の食生活の中で 抗酸化物質に富んだ食品を摂取することは 周囲の空気の汚染による健康への影響を軽減する戦略かもしれません
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