Abstract
Objective: We have to discover people with early-stage metabolic syndrome during health check-ups and improve their dietary habits and other behavior in order to prevent them from developing lifestyle-related diseases in the future. We investigated whether dietary habits have an impact on metabolic-syndrome related laboratory data in Ningen Dock examinees.
Methods: Our subjects were 1,905 examinees aged 40 to 69 years (1,335 men and 570 women) who visited our center from April 2009 to March 2010. Dietary habits were investigated using an interview sheet with the title Dietary Habits Table, which requested 14 categories of dietary habit-related information. The responses obtained were compared statistically with body mass index (BMI), abdominal circumference, serum triglycerides (TG), HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C), LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), fasting blood sugar (FBS) and blood pressure, using multiple logistic regression analyses.
Results: Many women selected "eating a balanced diet", "daily intake of fruit", "plant oil", "like sweets" and many men "salty foods" and "drink noodle soup". Significant associations were found in both men and women between "eating moderately" and normal BMI and abdominal circumference measurements; between "eating moderately" and "eating a balanced diet" and normal LDL-C level, and between "like sweets" and a high HbA1c level. Significant associations were also found in men between "daily intake of milk" and normal TG and HDL-C levels, and in women between "daily intake of milk" and high LDL-C level. In men, there were also associations between "eating out", "like salty food" and "no daily intake of fruit" and obesity or dyslipidemia.
Conclusion: We confirmed that there is a clear association between dietary habits and metabolic-syndrome related laboratory data and aim to use our findings in health guidance in the future.
