Relationship Between Dietary Patterns and Chronic Diseases in Rural Population: Management Plays an Important Role in the Link

Tiantian Li; Lizheng Guan; Xuan Wang; Xiaoying Li; Cui Zhou; Xianyun Wang; Wannian Liang; Rong Xiao; Yuandi Xi

doi:10.3389/fnut.2022.866400

Relationship Between Dietary Patterns and Chronic Diseases in Rural Population: Management Plays an Important Role in the Link

Front Nutr. 2022 Apr 13:9:866400. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.866400. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Tiantian Li¹, Lizheng Guan¹, Xuan Wang¹, Xiaoying Li², Cui Zhou¹, Xianyun Wang¹, Wannian Liang³, Rong Xiao¹, Yuandi Xi^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
² Department of Geriatics, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China.
³ Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Abstract

Objective: Health dietary pattern is related with reduced risk of chronic metabolic disease, but the benefits were not fully clear in the Chinese population. The aim of this study was to explore the association between dietary patterns and multiple chronic metabolic diseases in middle-aged and elderly Chinese.

Methods: A total of 718 Chinese adults aged ≥ 45 who lived in the Huairou regions of Beijing were included in the present cross-sectional analysis from 2019 to 2020. Dietary data were obtained by food frequency questionnaires (FFQs). Dietary patterns were identified by principal components analysis (PCA). Logistic regression analysis and hierarchical analysis were used to examine the relationship among dietary patterns, health management, and chronic diseases.

Results: Five dietary patterns were discovered in the subjects. The pattern with the higher percentage of energy supply by lipid was a risk factor for hypertension [odds ratio (OR) = 2.067, p = 0.013]. Lower energy intake (OR = 0.512, p = 0.012) and a reasonable ratio of dietary energy supply (OR = 0.506, p = 0.011) were beneficial to diabetes. The substitution of potato for grain might be an effective way of reducing diabetes (OR = 0.372, p < 0.001). The higher intake of high-quality protein was the protective factor for coronary heart disease (CHD; OR = 0.438, p = 0.008). Moderate intervention (OR = 0.185, p = 0.033) and appropriate health education (OR = 0.432, p = 0.016) could greatly subserve the prevention of chronic diseases, especially for hyperlipidemia. Men were more likely to be affected by health education, intervention, and follow-up than women. The prevalence of multimorbidity was higher in women (43.2%) than men (41.5%). The staple food intake and health management were also important factors to prevent multimorbidity.

Conclusion: Dietary pattern with appropriate energy intake, a reasonable source of energy supply, high quality of macronutrients, and moderate management was associated with decreased risk of chronic metabolic diseases. Further studies are needed to clarify the cause-effect relationship between dietary patterns, health management, and chronic diseases and give suggestions to chronic metabolic disease prevention in middle-aged and elderly people in a rural area.

Keywords: chronic diseases; dietary pattern; health management; middle-aged and elderly people; rural population.