Lean red meat consumption and lipid profiles in adolescent girls
Bradlee ML, Singer MR, Moore LL
Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 8 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Cohort study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
- Intake measured by
- Food diaries or recalls
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Government
- NIDDK NIH HHS
- Grants
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R21 DK075068)
Based on 2 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2013-05-11 · J Hum Nutr Diet · vol. 27 · issue s2 · pp. 292–300
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Cited
- 13 citations · more than 78% of similar papers · 1.0× the field average
- References
- 38 works
- Access
- Open access (repository copy)
- Research areas
- Nutritional Studies and Diet · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact · Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Keywords
- Medicine, Red meat, Context (archaeology), Odds ratio, Confidence interval, Cholesterol, Food science, Environmental health, Animal science, Internal medicine, Biology
- MeSH
- humans, fruit, vegetables, triglycerides, diet, logistic models, follow-up studies, prospective studies, motor activity, socioeconomic factors, dairy products, meat, adolescent, child, diet records, female, cholesterol, ldl, cholesterol, hdl, young adult, surveys and questionnaires, edible grain
3 authors
From US
- M. Loring BradleeBoston University
- Martha R. SingerBoston University
- Lynn L. Moore · correspondingBoston University
Abstract
Background
Epidemiological studies of red meat consumption often fail to distinguish between leaner and fattier or processed cuts of meat. Red meat has also been frequently linked with less healthy diet patterns. Data exploring the health effects of lean red meat in younger individuals are scarce, particularly in the context of a healthy diet. The present study examined the effects of lean red meat in combination with higher intakes of fruit/nonstarchy vegetables on lipid profiles in older adolescent girls.
Methods
Data from 1461 girls who were followed for 10 years, starting at 9-10 years of age, in the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study were used. Diet was assessed using multiple sets of 3-day records collected over eight examination cycles. Outcome measures included fasting levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), non-HDL-C and triglycerides at age 18-20 years.
Results
After adjusting for age, race, socioeconomic status, height, activity level, hours of television per day, and intakes of whole grains and dairy foods using multivariable modelling, girls consuming ≥6 oz lean red meat per week combined with two or more servings of fruit/nonstarchy vegetables per day had LDL-C levels approximately 6-7 mg dL(-1) lower (P < 0.05) than girls with lower intakes of lean red meat and fruit/nonstarchy vegetables. In addition, girls with higher intakes of both were 33% less likely (odds ratio = 0.67, 95% confidence interval = 0.48-0.94) to have an LDL-C ≥110 mg dL(-1) and 41% less likely (odds ratio = 0.59, 95% confidence interval = 0.42-0.83) to have an elevated LDL : HDL ratio (≥2.2) at the end of adolescence.
Conclusions
These analyses suggest that lean red meat may be included in a healthy adolescent diet without unfavourable effects on lipid values.
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