Research Article

“Traditional” and “Healthy” Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Low Cardiometabolic Risk in Brazilian Subjects

Table 5

Poisson regression for association of cardiometabolic risk factors (dependent variables) with positive factor score of dietary patterns (independent variables) in cardiometabolic risk subjects (n = 295), Brazil, 2017.

Cardiometabolic risk factorsTraditionalHealthy
Adjusted model1Adjusted model1
PR (CI 95%)PR (CI 95%)

Overweight0.85 (0.74–0.99)0.0430.88 (0.68–1.14)0.363
Abdominal obesity0.19 (0.03–0.96)0.0450.13 (0.02–0.76)0.024
High WHR0.05 (0.01–0.19)<0.0010.03 (0.00–0.22)<0.001
High WHtR0.20 (0.04–0.99)0.0450.14 (0.02–0.81)0.028
Excessive body fat0.68 (0.34–1.35)0.2740.71 (0.37–1.35)0.304
High LDL/HDL ratio0.86 (0.75–0.99)0.0411.46 (0.61–3.48)0.387
High Uric acid0.97 (0.57–1.63)0.9231.07 (0.68–1.69)0.756
High CRP1.16 (0.88–1.52)0.2780.91 (0.65–1.26)0.595
Dyslipidemias0.06 (0.02–0.51)0.0090.03 (0.01–0.27)0.001
Diabetes0.05 (0.01–0.45)0.0070.02 (0.01–0.18)<0.001
Hypertension0.06 (0.02–0.50)0.0090.02 (0.01–0.21)0.001

Positive factor score = higher adherence to the dietary pattern. 1 Model adjusted for age, education, physical activity, and alcoholism. PR = prevalence ratio; 95% CI = confidence interval 95%.